Double Kettlebell Windmill

A waist exercise targeting the abdominals, performed with kettlebells.

Double Kettlebell Windmill demonstration
Double Kettlebell Windmill — demonstration

Body part

Waist

Equipment

Kettlebells

Target muscles

Abdominals

Secondary muscles

Glutes, Hamstrings, Shoulders, Triceps

How to do Double Kettlebell Windmill

  1. Place a kettlebell in front of your front foot and clean and press a kettlebell overhead with your opposite arm. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulders. Rotate your wrist as you do so, so that the palm faces forward.

  2. Keeping the kettlebell locked out at all times, push your butt out in the direction of the locked out kettlebell. Turn your feet out at a forty-five degree angle from the arm with the locked out kettlebell.

  3. Bending at the hip to one side, sticking your butt out, slowly lean until you can retrieve the kettlebell from the floor. Keep your eyes on the kettlebell that you hold over your head at all times.

  4. Pause for a second after retrieving the kettlebell from the ground and reverse the motion back to the starting position.

Muscles worked

Primary (target)

Abdominals

Secondary

GlutesHamstringsShouldersTriceps

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