Kettlebell Squats
How to Do 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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Related Glutes & Hip Flexors And Quadriceps Exercises
Kettlebell Squats Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Kettlebell Squats targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and also works hamstrings. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: kettlebells.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Barbell split squats, cable pull throughs / pulls and bodyweight walking lunges. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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