Suitcase Carry

Technique

How to perform Suitcase Carry

1. Place the dumbbell beside you, bend at your hips and knees and pick it up with one hand while keeping your trunk braced.
2. Stand tall with the weight hanging beside your hip, your arm long and your shoulder controlled rather than forcibly pulled down and back.
3. Walk with steady steps while keeping your torso upright and your pelvis level.
4. Resist leaning toward or away from the dumbbell and avoid letting it swing into your leg.
5. At the end of the carry, bend your hips and knees to lower the weight, then repeat on the other side.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: External Oblique, Internal Oblique.