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Kettlebell

kettlebell

Movements & exercise examples

  • Push (e.g. Press)
  • Pull (e.g. Row)
  • Squat (e.g. Goblin squat)
  • Hinge (e.g. Swing)
  • Carry (e.g. Farmers walk)
  • Rotation / anti-rotation (e.g. Windmill)

Exercise examples

  • Swings
  • Snatch
  • Farmers walk
  • Reverse lunge
  • Deadlift
  • Goblet squat
  • Russian twist
  • Windmill
  • Press
  • Row
  • Turkish get up
  • Halo
  • High pull
  • Arm bars

Training methods

  • EMOM (e.g. 10 reps starting on the minute)
  • AMRAP
  • AMSAP
  • Flow (e.g. combining 2 exercises, press and overhead squat)
  • Complex (chain multiple exercises together, e.g. 5 rows, 5 deadlifts, 5 presses, 5 swings, 5 snatch, left side first, then right)

Grips

  • Thumb grip (e.g. for press, clean-and-press)
  • Finger grip (e.g. swing, clean, snatch)
  • Hook grip (e.g. press)
  • Goblet grip

wrist variations:

  • Front hand
  • Back hand

Exercise categories

  • Grinding
  • Ballistics
  • Doubles (using 2 kettlebells)

References

unilateral strength exercise benefits