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Kettlebell exercise

Compared in the reviewR1 · 2 full-text papers, 8 abstract-only

At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.

Round-2 tier-3 flag: thin - under 4 full-text papers.

Requirements it fills
  • hinge / hip-dominant
    Strength · 1 paper put it here
  • anti-extension & anti-rotation core
    Strength · 1 paper put it here
How it is performed
  • Start in a squat position with a neutral spine and the kettlebell in the right hand. Extend hips, knees, and ankles to swing the kettlebell to chest level and back. Keep the right elbow and wrist straight. Same as the kettlebell swing with an added abdominal pulse at the top of the swing. Start in a squat position with a neutral spine. Swing the kettlebell into a snatch position with the arm straight and support it overhead.

    S. McGill, Leigh W Marshall (2012) · Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research · 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31823a4063
    Kettlebell Swing, Snatch, and Bottoms-Up Carry: Back and Hip Muscle Activation, Motion, and Low Back Loads
Dose

Nothing states what this option's dose measures — no library step prescribes this option and its review states no dose unit.

Dose and time, as the papers state it

No row states a dose or a time for this option.

Equipment

kettlebell · intermediate — from the exercise catalogue, which is where equipment is authored.

Level and prerequisites

No row states a level or a prerequisite for this option.

Progression and regression

No row states how to make this option harder or easier.

Who should not do this

The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.

Setting, as the studies used it

No row describes the setting.

What the papers compared it with

No paper compares this option with another or calls it interchangeable with one.

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.

Kettlebell exercise