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What is CrossFit > The Exercises > Kettlebell Swing

Setup

 

  • Feet should be shoulder width apart

  • Keep your weight in your heels

  • Squat down to pick up the kettlebell with an overhand grip and arms straight

Execution

 

  • Push the hips back with a slight bend in your knees (allow your shoulders to fall forward)

  • Aggressively explode by extending your hips (squeezing your glutes) - this should move the kettlebell up to your chest with little input from your upper body

  • Pull the kettlebell higher until it is overhead

  • Allow gravity to pull the kettlebell back down between your legs (don't try to control the fall)

  • Rebound at the bottom and execute another repetition without resetting

Tips

 

  • It's all in the hips 

Works

 

  • Lower back

  • Traps

  • Glutes

  • Hamstrings

  • Forearms

Good for

 

  • Explosive hip drive

  • Explosive posterior chain strength

  • Overhead strength and stability

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