Kettlebell Windmill

Core · obliques · advanced

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How to do it

Press a kettlebell overhead and lock the arm straight, turn the feet roughly 45 degrees away from that arm, then push the same-side hip out and slide the free hand down the inside of the front leg while your eyes stay on the bell.

Muscles worked

Primary: obliques · Also works: shoulders, hamstrings, core

Equipment

Kettlebells

Common mistakes

Bending sideways through the waist instead of pushing the hip out and hinging
Letting the overhead arm drift forward or the elbow soften at any point
Loading heavy before you can do the whole path with no weight at all

Variations

Bodyweight windmill with the arm raised empty
Bottom-hand version with the bell in the low hand
Half windmill stopping at knee height

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