Shoulders · Kettlebell · Compound · Intermediate
Alternating Kettlebell Press
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Shoulders
- Also working
- Triceps
How to do it
- 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.
- Press one directly overhead by extending through the elbow, turning it so the palm faces forward while holding the other kettlebell stationary .
- Lower the pressed kettlebell to the starting position and immediately press with your other arm.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the shoulders as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other shoulder exercises
- Alternating Cable Shoulder Press · Cable
- Alternating Deltoid Raise · Dumbbell
- Anti-Gravity Press · Barbell
- Arm Circles · Bodyweight
- Arnold Dumbbell Press · Dumbbell
- Back Flyes - With Bands · Bands
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