Double Kettlebell Jerk

ShouldersKettlebellIntermediateCompound
Double Kettlebell Jerk — start position
Start
Double Kettlebell Jerk — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryShoulders
SecondaryCalves, Quads, Triceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Hold a kettlebell by the handle in each hand.

  2. 02

    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, so that the palms face forward. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

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

  4. 04

    Immediately reverse direction, driving through the heels, in essence jumping to create momentum.

  5. 05

    As you do so, press the kettlebells overhead to lockout by extending the arms, using your body's momentum to move the weights.

  6. 06

    Return your feet to the ground in a split fashion, with one foot forward and one foot back.

  7. 07

    Keeping the weights overhead, return to a standing position, bringing your feet together. Lower the weights to perform the next repetition.

In the app

Double Kettlebell Jerk appears when you own a kettlebell and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have a kettlebell

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With barbell
With kettlebell

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