Legs · Kettlebell · Compound · Advanced
One-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also working
- Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings, Shoulders
How to do it
- Clean and press a kettlebell with one arm. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulder. Rotate your wrist as you do so. Press the weight overhead by extending through the elbow.This will be your starting position.
- Looking straight ahead and keeping a kettlebell locked out above you, flex the knees and hips and lower your torso between your legs, keeping your head and chest up.
- Pause at the bottom position for a second before rising back to the top, driving through the heels of your feet.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the quads as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other quad exercises
- On-Your-Back Quad Stretch · Other
- One Half Locust · Bodyweight
- One Leg Barbell Squat · Barbell
- One-Arm Side Deadlift · Barbell
- Overhead Squat · Barbell
- Plie Dumbbell Squat · Dumbbell
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