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ShouldersKettlebellsIntermediate

One-Arm Kettlebell Jerk

One-Arm Kettlebell Jerk — starting positionOne-Arm Kettlebell Jerk — end position
Primary muscles
Shoulders
Equipment
Kettlebells
Level
Intermediate
Type
Compound · Push

How to do the One-Arm Kettlebell Jerk

  1. 1

    Hold a kettlebell by the handle. 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, so that the palm faces forward. This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    Dip your body by bending the knees, keeping your torso upright.

  3. 3

    Immediately reverse direction, driving through the heels, in essence jumping to create momentum. As you do so, press the kettlebell overhead to lockout by extending the arms, using your body's momentum to move the weight. Receive the weight overhead by returning to a squat position underneath the weight. Keeping the weight overhead, return to a standing position.

  4. 4

    Lower the weight to perform the next repetition.

Secondary muscles worked

CalvesQuadricepsTriceps

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