- Hold a kettlebell by the handle in one hand using a neutral grip.
- Stand on the leg that is on the same side that you are holding the kettlebell.This is the start position.
- Bending that knee slightly, bend at the hip, and extend your free leg behind you for balance.
- Continue lowering the kettlebell until your torso is parallel to the ground.
- Return to the upright position in a smooth movement.
- Repeat.
Kettlebell Core Workout
1 min
·
8 exercises
Kettlebell One-Legged Deadlifts
Kettlebell Thruster
Kettlebell Windmills
One-Arm Kettlebell Push and Press
One-Arm Kettlebell Rows
One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch
Sumo Dumbbell Squats
Two-Arm Kettlebell Squat Swings
This Kettlebell Core Workout 1 min-minute gym workout plan effectively targets your abs, back, legs and shoulders. Easily follow this workout with confidence on your phone or printable exercise program with our clear exercise demonstrations. You can also look up step-by-step instructions for each of the 8 exercises and see which muscle groups they target. Enjoy!
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Kettlebell Core Workout
1 min
·
8 exercises
Kettlebell One-Legged Deadlifts
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back
Secondary:
Abs, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings
Primary muscle group(s):
Hamstrings
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors
- Stand tall with a tight core while holding a pair of dumbbells. Keeping your chest up and your gaze straight ahead, shift all of your bodyweight to your left foot. Bend the right knee, allowing the right foot to lift off the ground.
- Maintaining a flat back, tilt your upper body forward. Do not allow the dumbbells to pull you down. Control your descent. Simultaneously, allow the right foot to counterbalance the shift in weight.
- Feel the contraction in your hamstrings and pause once your upper body is parallel with the ground. Slowly return to the starting position.
Kettlebell Thruster
Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps, Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Neck & Upper Traps, Triceps
- Clean two kettlebells to your shoulders. Clean the kettlebells to your shoulders by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebells towards your shoulders. Rotate your wrists as you do so. This will be your starting position.
- Begin to squat by flexing your hips and knees, lowering your hips between your legs. Maintain an upright, straight back as you descend as low as you can.
- At the bottom, reverse direction and stand by extending your knees and hips and pushing down through your heels. As you do so, press both kettlebells overhead by extending your arms straight up, using the momentum from the squat to help drive the weights upward.
- As you begin the next repetition, return the weights to the shoulders.
Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps, Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Neck & Upper Traps, Triceps
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart with dumbbells above your shoulders.
- Squat down keeping your back flat and your knees over your toes.
- Push through your heels to return to standing while pressing the dumbbells overhead with arms fully extended.
- Return to starting position and repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps, Triceps
- Stand with feet hip width apart and grasp a barbell with an overhand grip.
- Make sure your hands are placed slightly wider than shoulder-width.
- Bring the bar to chest height and slightly retract your head back.
- Bend the knees, hips and ankles to dip slightly.
- Use your legs to explosively drive your body upwards and drive the barbell off your shoulders, extending your arms overhead.
- Lower the bar to your shoulders and repeat.
Kettlebell Windmills
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Shoulders, Triceps
- Safely clean and press a kettlebell overhead.
- Keep the kettlebell above you. Your elbow should be locked out.
- Now push your butt toward the arm with the kettlebell. Bend from the hips, reaching for the floor with the opposite hand. Keep your gaze on the kettlebell during the movement.
- Once you touch the floor, pause, make sure the arm is still locked out, and return to the starting position.
One-Arm Kettlebell Push and Press
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Hamstrings, Quadriceps, Triceps
- Hold a kettlebell by the handle.
- Lift the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through your legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulder, rotating your wrist as you do so. Your palm should face forward with the kettlebell hanging at the back of your hand. This is the start position.
- Lower your body by bending your knees while keeping your torso straight and upright.
- Do not perform a full squat, instead travel down about midway into a squat position.
- Without pausing, reverse direction, driving down through your heels, to create momentum.
- As you rise up, press the kettlebell straight up over your head by extending and locking your arms.
- Land with your knees slightly bent to absorb the impact.
- Lower the weight to start position
- Repeat.
- Complete all repetitions for one side before switching.
Use your body's momentum to drive the weight up, assisting your arm.
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps, Shoulders
Secondary:
Hamstrings, Lower Back
- With dumbbells at your sides, stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and fee pointing slightly outward. Look straight ahead.
- Squat down until your upper legs are parallel with the floor by bending your knees, keep your back straight.
- With an explosive but controlled movement, push up through your heels and press the dumbbells above your head as you return to standing position.
- Still standing, slowly lower the dumbbells down to your chest and then down to your sides by extending your arms.
- Repeat.
One-Arm Kettlebell Rows
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back, Upper Back & Lower Traps
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps
- Place a kettlebell in front of you
- Place your right leg forward and rest your left leg on the ball of your left foot.(Similar to a lunge stance)
- Bend your knees slightly as you bend over to get in the starting position.
- Keep your back straight.
- Rest your right hand on your right knee for stability.
- Grip the kettlebell with a neutral grip in your left hand.
- Pull the kettlebell up to your stomach, retracting your shoulder blade and flexing your elbow. Keep your back straight. Lower and repeat.
- Complete all the repetitions for one side before switching.
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back, Upper Back & Lower Traps
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps, Shoulders
- Place a dumbbell on each side of a flat bench.
- Place your right knee on the end of the bench.
- Bend your torso from the waist until your upper body is parallel to the floor, while placing your right hand on the bench in front of you for support.
- With your left hand, pick up the dumbbell with an overhand grip. The palm of your hand should be facing into you.
- Keep your lower back straight. This is the start position.
- Using your back muscles, pull the dumbbell straight up to the side of your chest, keeping your upper arm close to your side. Exhale as you do so.
- At the top of the movement, hold for a count of one and squeeze your back muscles.
- Return to the start position inhaling as you do so. Repeat.
- Complete all repetitions for one side before switching sides.
This exercise can be performed using a cable station, with a stirrup handle attached to either the high or low pulley.
Primary muscle group(s):
Middle Back / Lats
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps
- Begin the movement by stepping on to a resistance band with your feet at shoulder-width, toes pointed slightly out.
- Bend slightly at the knees and forward at the hips. Maintain a braced core and flat back throughout.
- Leading with your elbows, pull the handles of the resistance band back, bringing your shoulder blades closer together. Hold this contraction and slowly release to the starting position.
One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Lower Back, Triceps, Upper Back & Lower Traps
- Place a kettlebell between your feet.
- Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart.
- Bend your knees and push your hips back,bending at the waist while keeping your back straight.
- Grip the kettle bell with an overhand grip.
- Keeping your neck and head straight, swing the kettlebell back between your legs.
- Once the kettlebell is behind you, immediately reverse the direction and drive forward with your hips and knees, forcing the kettlebell upward.
- When the kettlebell reaches shoulder level, rotate your hand and push straight up, using your momentum.
- Use your body’s downward momentum to receive the weight as it comes back down.
- Return to the start position.
- Repeat until all the repetitions for one arm are completed, then switch.
The exercise can be performed continuously, using the downward momentum to swing the kettlebell backwards. However for maximum benefit, it is better to follow the outline described.
Primary muscle group(s):
Upper Back & Lower Traps
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
- Stand over a dumbbell with your feet placed slightly wider than hip width apart either side of the dumbbell.
- Squat down and take a firm grip of the dumbbell; ensure that your shoulders are positioned upright, keeping your back straight and eyes straight ahead.
- Explosively lift the dumbbell by extending your hips from the squatting position and allow the dumbbell to travel along upward and close to your body.
- As the dumbbell reaches your hip level, shrug your lifting shoulder and pull the dumbbell upwards keeping the same line of trajectory if viewed from the side.
- Bending your working elbow and allowing the dumbbell to extend overhead, slightly squat your body below so that your position is semi-squatted with your working arm fully extended above your head.
- Maintaining a solid grip on the now overhead dumbbell, drive your feet into the floor and rise upwards from the semi-squatting position to complete the lift.
This exercise is a complicated explosive lift. If attempting for the first time, start with a light dumbbell for form practice. Ideally, do so with a qualified trainer present.
Sumo Dumbbell Squats
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Hamstrings
- Stand up straight with a tight core and flat back.
- Position your feet wider than shoulder-width. Your toes should be facing out diagonally.
- Holding a dumbbell with both hands in front of you, look straight ahead and bend at the knees while driving your hips backward. Your knees should be following your toes in a diagonal line.
- Complete this wide stance squat by having your thighs come parallel with the ground.
- Pause and slowly return to the starting position without locking your knees.
- Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings
- Set a barbell on a rack at your shoulder height.
- Step under the bar and rest the back of your shoulders against the bar. Do not put the bar on your neck.
- Hold on to the bar using an overhand grip so that your palms are facing forward.
- Lift the barbell off the rack by pushing up with your legs while straightening your torso.
- Step away from the rack and position your legs in a wider than shoulder width position and with your toes slightly pointed out.
- Keep your head up and look straight ahead at all times, as looking down will put you off balance.
- Ensure your back is straight. This is the start position.
- As you inhale, slowly lower the bar by bending your knees while keeping a straight posture with your head up.
- Continue down until the angle between you upper legs and calves is slightly less than 90-degrees . As a guide, the front of your knees should be in line with your toes. Do not allow your knees to extend out beyond your toes.
- Hold for a count of one.
- As you exhale, raise the bar back to the start position, by pushing through your heels as you straighten your legs.
- Pause for a count of one.
- Repeat.
This is an exercise which carries some risk. If you have back issues, substitute this exercise for the dumbbell squat or leg press instead. Never slouch your back forward as this can cause back injury. This exercise is best performed inside a squat rack for safety purposes.
Primary muscle group(s):
Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Hamstrings, Lower Back
- With your feet shoulder-width apart, stand with dumbbells as your sides with your palms facing each other.
- Keeping your back straight and facing forward, squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
- Pause for one second.
- Pushing up from your heels, raise back up to starting position and repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
Secondary:
Calves, Hamstrings
- Sit down on a leg press machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you at shoulder width.
- Lower the safety bars holding the weighted platform and press the platform all the way up until your legs are fully extended in front of you bot do NOT lock your knees. Your torso and legs should be at a 90degree angle to each other. This is the start position.
- Inhaling, slowly lower the platform until your upper and lower legs form a 90-degree angle. Pause for a count of one,
- Return to the starting position by pushing through the heels of your feet, engaging your quadriceps. Exhale as you do so.
- Repeat.
- After completing the desired number of repetitions, make sure you lock the safety pins of the machine before alighting.
Always check to make sure that when you re-rack the weight the platform is securely locked.
Two-Arm Kettlebell Squat Swings
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps, Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs, Calves, Hamstrings, Lower Back
- Hold a kettlebell with both hands in an over hand grip.
- Stand straight, with your legs slightly wider than shoulder width apart.
- Lean forward at your waist slightly and bend your knees as if getting ready to squat.
- Keep your back arched and your head facing forward.
- Let your arms hang loosely.
- Swing the kettlebell back between your legs while exhaling.
- In an explosive movement, force the kettle forward and back up in front of you, either to eye level or above head height by thrusting forward with your hips and rotating your shoulders.
- Continue for the desired number of repetitions or time.
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