
Kettlebell Dead Clean
Set the kettlebell between your feet, push the hips back, and look ahead. Clean it to the shoulder by extending legs and hips with the wrist rotating, then lower with a flat back.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Type
- Strength
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force direction
- Pull
- Muscles
- 8
Form sequence
01 · setup
Place kettlebell between your feet. To get in the starting position, push your butt back and look straight ahead.
02 · clean · Key step
Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulders by extending through the legs and hips as you raise the kettlebell towards your shoulder. The wrist should rotate as you do so.
03 · lower
Lower the kettlebell, keeping the hamstrings loaded by keeping your back straight and your butt out.
What's working
3D
- Hamstrings
Primary · 277 exercises
- Gastrocnemius
Secondary · 209 exercises
- Gluteus Maximus
Secondary · 242 exercises
- Erector Spinae
Secondary · 131 exercises
- Quadriceps
Secondary · 227 exercises
- Upper Trapezius
Secondary · 99 exercises
- Middle Trapezius
Secondary · 164 exercises
- Lower Trapezius
Secondary · 99 exercises
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