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Kettlebell Windmill

Press a kettlebell overhead with one arm and lock it out, then turn your feet roughly 45 degrees away from the loaded side. Keeping the bell-side arm vertical and your eyes on it, push your hip out toward the kettlebell and hinge sideways, sliding your free hand down the inside of your lead leg. Lower until your torso is close to parallel with the floor while keeping both knees mostly straight and the overhead arm locked. Reverse the movement by driving your hips back under you to stand tall, then complete the reps and switch sides.

ABS · CORE

Kettlebell Windmill: how the movement is executed

How it is executed

  1. Press a kettlebell overhead with one arm and lock it out, then turn your feet roughly 45 degrees away from the loaded side.
  2. Keeping the bell-side arm vertical and your eyes on it, push your hip out toward the kettlebell and hinge sideways, sliding your free hand down the inside of your lead leg.
  3. Lower until your torso is close to parallel with the floor while keeping both knees mostly straight and the overhead arm locked.
  4. Reverse the movement by driving your hips back under you to stand tall, then complete the reps and switch sides.
Muscles worked
Abs
Primary muscle
Obliques
Equipment
Kettlebell
Movement pattern
Core
Difficulty
Advanced
What it is for
StrengthHypertrophyCore strengthStability

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