Kettlebell Squats
- Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart
- Hold the kettlebell with both hands in an overhand grip in front of your chest. Keep your elbows locked at your sides.
- Lower your body towards the ground, ensuring that you’re not leaning too far forwards or too far backwards.
- At your lowest point, drive upwards through your feet and tense your glutes at the top of the motion.
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Kettlebell squats is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and also involves hamstrings. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Sissy squats, plate overhead walking lunges and bosu ball bridges hip raises / glute bridges are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as kettlebell squats. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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