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Free Weight · Kettlebell

Kettlebell Swing

Muscles worked

  • Glutes
  • Lower Back
  • Hamstrings
  • Traps
  • Forearms

How to do it

  1. Stand with feet a little wider than hip-width and the kettlebell slightly in front
  2. Hike it back between your legs, then snap your hips forward to float it up to about chest height with straight arms
  3. Let it fall back into the next hinge

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