The Best Kettlebell Exercises

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Kettlebell Farmer Carry
Kettlebell Farmer Carry
Beginner
Core
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet hip-width apart. 2. Hold a kettlebell in each hand by your sides with your arms fully extended. 3. Engage your core, stand tall, and pull your shoulders back to maintain good posture. 4. Begin walking forward straight, keeping the kettlebells close to your body. 5. Continue walking, focusing on maintaining proper posture and keeping your core tight.
Kettlebell Overhead Farmer Carry
Kettlebell Overhead Farmer Carry
Beginner
Core
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet hip-width apart. 2. Press the kettlebells overhead until your arms are fully extended. 3. Engage your core to stabilize your torso, keeping your back straight and shoulders engaged. 4. Walk forward in a straight line, maintaining the kettlebells in the overhead position. 5. Continue walking, focusing on maintaining proper posture and keeping your core tight.
Kettlebell Shoulder Press
Kettlebell Shoulder Press
Beginner
Shoulder
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. 2. Hold a kettlebell in each hand at shoulder height, palms facing each other. 3. Press the kettlebells straight up until your arms are fully extended. 4. Slowly lower the kettlebells back to shoulder height, maintaining control throughout.
Kettlebell Overhead Triceps Extension
Kettlebell Overhead Triceps Extension
Beginner
Triceps
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. 2. Hold a kettlebell with both hands and extend your arms overhead. 3. Bend your elbows to lower the kettlebell behind your head, keeping your upper arms stationary. 4. Push the kettlebell back up to the starting position by straightening your elbows.
Kettlebell Snatch
Kettlebell Snatch
Beginner
Full Body
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart, a kettlebell on the floor in front of you. 2. Bend your knees and hinge at your hips to grasp the kettlebell with one hand. 3. Pull the kettlebell overhead in a smooth, explosive movement. 4. Rotate your wrist and catch the kettlebell overhead with your arm fully extended. 5. Reverse the movement by guiding the kettlebell back down to the starting position.
Kettlebell Head Cutter
Kettlebell Head Cutter
Beginner
Full Body
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, with a kettlebell on the ground between your feet. 2. Hinge at your hips and perform a high pull, catching the kettlebell at your chest. 3. Lower into a squat, keeping the kettlebell at chest height. 4. As you stand, press the kettlebell overhead in one fluid motion. 5. Lower the kettlebell back to the floor and repeat.
Kettlebell Biceps Curls
Kettlebell Biceps Curls
Beginner
Biceps
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. 2. Hold a kettlebell with both hands, palms facing each other. 3. Engage your core and keep your elbows close to your torso. 4. Curl the kettlebell up towards your chest by bending your elbows. 5. Slowly lower the kettlebell back down to the starting position.
Kettlebell High Pulls
Kettlebell High Pulls
Beginner
Shoulder
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart. 2. Place a kettlebell on the floor between your feet and slightly in front of you. 3. Squat down to grab the kettlebell with both hands. 4. Explosively extend your hips and knees, pulling the kettlebell upward to chest height. 5. Slowly lower the kettlebell back down to the starting position with control.
Kettlebell Clean
Kettlebell Clean
Beginner
Full Body
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart and place the kettlebell on the floor between your feet. 2. Hinge at your hips, bend your knees and grab the kettlebell with one hand. 3. Explosively drive through your hips and knees, lifting the kettlebell off the floor. 4. As the kettlebell reaches chest height, rotate your wrist and catch it in the rack position, the kettlebell resting on your forearm. 5. Lower the kettlebell back to the floor by reversing the movement, then switch hands and repeat.
Kettlebell Clean, Squat and Press
Kettlebell Clean, Squat and Press
Beginner
Full Body
Kettlebell
1. Start with two kettlebells on the ground in front of you, one in each hand. 2. Explosively extend your hips and knees, pulling the kettlebells to your chest and rotating them into the rack position at your shoulders. 3. With the kettlebells in the rack position, lower yourself into a squat, keeping your chest up and back straight. 4. Stand up from the squat and press both kettlebells overhead simultaneously, fully extending your arms. 5. Lower both kettlebells back to the rack position with control and reverse the movement to return to the start.
Weighted Halos
Weighted Halos
Beginner
Shoulder
Kettlebell
1. Hold a weight in front of your chest. 2. Move the weight around your head in circular motion, keeping your elbows high. 3. Reverse the direction after each complete circle.
Kettlebell Double Swings
Kettlebell Double Swings
Advanced
Glute
Kettlebell
1. Stand with legs wider than shoulder-width apart, holding a kettlebell in each hand. 2. Hinge at your hips and slightly bend your knees. 3. Swing both kettlebells between legs using hips. 4. Drive hips forward to stand up straight, swinging the kettlebells up to chest height. 5. Return to the starting position and immediately begin the next rep.
Kettlebell Swings
Kettlebell Swings
Beginner
Glute
Kettlebell
1. Stand a step back from a kettlebell with feet shoulder-width. 2. Bend at the hips and grab the kettlebell. 3. Swing it between your legs, keeping arms slightly bent and passive. 4. Drive your hips forward to swing kettlebell up to chest level, exhaling sharply. 5. Let the kettlebell swing back through legs and repeat.
Single-Arm Kettlebell Swings
Single-Arm Kettlebell Swings
Intermediate
Glute
Kettlebell
1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a kettlebell in your left hand, overhand grip. 2. Bend at your hips, keeping your back straight and your chest up. 3. Drive through your heels to stand, swinging the kettlebell to shoulder height, elbow slightly bent. 4. Let the kettlebell swing back down between your legs, bending at your hips, not your back.
Weighted Overhead Squats
Weighted Overhead Squats
Intermediate
Quadriceps
Kettlebell
1. Stand in a shoulder-width stance, a weight in your left hand with your arm extended overhead. 2. Squat while keeping the weight held stable above you, without collapsing your knees inward. 3. Drive through the heels to return to the starting position. 4. Squeeze your glutes as you stand.
Kettlebell Gorilla Rows
Kettlebell Gorilla Rows
Beginner
Back
Kettlebell
1. Stand with legs shoulder-width apart, with kettlebells in front of you. 2. Hinge at your hips to lean forward and grasp the kettlebells. 3. Lift one kettlebell up towards rib cage while stabilizing with the other hand. 4. Lower the kettlebell back to the starting position. 5. Repeat with the other arm
Kettlebell Mabu Stance Deadlifts
Kettlebell Mabu Stance Deadlifts
Beginner
Glute
Kettlebell
1. Stand in a wide stance with a kettlebell between your feet. 2. Bend at the hips and knees to grab the kettlebell, bracing your core. 3. Drive through your heels and straighten your legs and hips to stand. 4. Lift the kettlebell, keeping your back straight. 5. Lower the kettlebell to the ground and repeat.
Kettlebell Deadlifts
Kettlebell Deadlifts
Intermediate
Hamstring
Kettlebell
1. Stand with feet hip-width apart, with a kettlebell held in front of your thighs. 2. Take a deep breath into your stomach and tighten to brace your core. 3. Bend at your hips and knees, lowering the kettlebell to the ground. 4. Push through heels to stand up straight, squeezing glutes at the top.

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