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How to do it
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and clean a kettlebell to the rack position at your shoulder.
- Brace your core and dip slightly at the knees and hips, keeping your torso vertical.
- Drive explosively through your heels to extend the legs and launch the kettlebell upward.
- Press the bell to full lockout overhead with the bicep alongside your ear and the wrist stacked.
- Lower the kettlebell back to the rack position under control, absorbing with a soft knee bend.
- Reset your stance and brace, then dip and drive again for the next rep.
Common mistakes
- Turning the dip into a deep squat instead of a short, fast drop and drive.
- Pressing with the arm before the leg drive transfers, which kills the power assist.
- Letting the wrist bend backward at lockout, which loads the joint instead of the shoulder.
- Leaning back into the lower spine to finish the press instead of pressing straight up overhead.
Muscles worked
- Primary
- Front Delts
- Secondary
- Triceps
Good to know
- What muscles does the Kettlebell Push Press work?
- Mainly the front delts. It also works the triceps.
- What equipment do you need for the Kettlebell Push Press?
- It uses a kettlebell. Without it, the Band Overhead Press and the Cable Overhead Press train the same muscles the same way.
- Is the Kettlebell Push Press good for beginners?
- GymVim rates it beginner.