Kettlebell/Dumbbell Death March

 

This exercise is as hard (and effective) as it sounds!  It is essentially a combination of a walking lunge and a Single Leg Romanian Deadlift.

To execute:

1.     Grab a pair of kettlebells or dumbbells – one in each hand.   Go down 5lbs from what you normally use for lunges – this one is a lot tougher!

2.     Start to do a standard walking lunge by stepping forward onto one leg with arms at your sides, but instead of going all the way down hinge forward at the hips keeping the back straight and touch the kettlebells/dumbbells to the ground on each side (if you cannot keep your back straight then do NOT go as low).  Return to an erect position.

3.     Then step all the way through so the other leg is forward and repeat the hip hinge.

4.     Try doing 20 – 40 yards of this movement – by about 10 – 15 yards your will start to see why it is called the death march!

To get a sense of what this looks like watch this short video from Testosterone Nation:  https://youtu.be/sEIQYkMPXZA