Kettlebell thruster

How to do it

1. 1Start standing with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a kettlebell in front of your chest with both hands, palms facing each other.
2. 2Lower into a squat position by bending your knees and driving your hips back, keeping your chest up and your back straight.
3. 3As you reach the bottom of the squat, explosively drive through your heels to stand up, simultaneously pressing the kettlebell overhead.
4. 4Lock out your arms at the top of the movement, fully extending your elbows.
5. 5Lower the kettlebell back to the starting position by reversing the movement, bending your elbows and lowering the weight back to your chest.
6. 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

More shoulders exercises

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• Dumbbell lying on floor rear delt raiseDumbbells
• Dumbbell raiseDumbbells
• Smith shoulder pressSmith machine
• Cable supine reverse flyCable
• Dumbbell standing alternate raiseDumbbells
• Barbell rear delt raiseBarbell
• Barbell standing wide military pressBarbell

This page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.