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Front Squats With Two Kettlebells

Front Squats With Two Kettlebells is a intermediate strength exercise using kettlebells. It works the quadriceps, with help from the calves and glutes.

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Main muscles
quadriceps
Also works
calves, glutes

How to do it

  1. Clean two kettlebells to your shoulders. 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.
  2. Looking straight ahead at all times, squat as low as you can and pause at the bottom. As you squat down, push your knees out. You should squat between your legs, keeping an upright torso, with your head and chest up.
  3. Rise back up by driving through your heels and repeat.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

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