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How to Do Kettlebell Arnold Press

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the kettlebell arnold press.

How to do it

1. Clean a kettlebell to your shoulder. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you raise the kettlebell towards your shoulder. The palm should be facing inward.
2. Looking straight ahead, press the kettlebell out and overhead, rotating your wrist so that your palm faces forward at the top of the motion.
3. Return the kettlebell to the starting position, with the palm facing in.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

Workouts with this exercise

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Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.