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Kettlebell Thruster — Start
Kettlebell Thruster — End

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ShouldersIntermediateKettlebell

Kettlebell Thruster

ثروستر بالكيتل بيل

Target Muscles

ShouldersQuadsTriceps

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How to perform

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    At the bottom, reverse direction and squat by extending your knees and hips, driving 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.

  4. 4

    As you begin the next repetition, return the weights to the shoulders.

Important tips

  • Brace your torso so your lower back stays neutral.

  • Move through the shoulder joint — never momentum.

  • Control the weight on the way down as much as up.

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