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Hip Hinge · Advanced

Kettlebell Clean and Press

Compound hip hinge exercise using kettlebell.
Kettlebell Clean and Press demonstration (no audio).
Movement pattern
Hip Hinge
Difficulty
Advanced
Equipment
Kettlebell
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Unilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Kettlebell Clean and Press

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Setup

Stand with the kettlebell between your feet, hips hinged back slightly.

  1. Perform the clean (drive your hips to bring the bell into the rack position at your shoulder), catching it softly with your elbow tucked in.

  2. From the rack position, press the bell straight overhead by extending your arm, keeping your core braced and avoiding leaning back to help drive the weight up.

  3. Lower back to the rack position under control, then lower the bell back to the start or continue for reps.

Common mistakes

  • Leaning back or arching the lower back to press the weight up instead of pressing in a straight vertical line with a braced core.

  • Rushing the clean into the press without stabilizing in the rack position first.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Hip extensionprimary action

    Gluteus maximus (prime mover, high emphasis); Biceps femoris long head (prime mover, high emphasis); Semimembranosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Semitendinosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Adductor magnus (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow flexionprimary action

    Biceps brachii (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Brachialis (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Brachioradialis (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

  • Shoulder flexionprimary action

    Anterior deltoid (prime mover, high emphasis); Medial deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Supraspinatus (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula elevationsecondary action

    Trapezius (synergist, moderate emphasis); Levator scapulae (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Spine lateral flexionsecondary action · resisted

    External oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Internal oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Quadratus lumborum (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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