Two-Arm Kettlebell Jerk

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

How to do it

  1. 01

    Clean two kettlebells to your shoulders. Clean the kettlebells to your shoulders by extending through the legs and hips as you swing the kettlebells towards your shoulders. Rotate your wrists as you do so, so that the palms face forward. Squat down a few inches and reverse the motion rapidly driving both kettlebells overhead. Immediately after the initial push, squat down again and get under the kettlebells. Once the kettlebells are locked out, stand upright to complete the exercise.

In the app

Two-Arm 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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