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Hip Hinge · Intermediate

Kettlebell High Pull

Compound hip hinge exercise using kettlebell.
Movement pattern
Hip Hinge
Difficulty
Intermediate
Equipment
Kettlebell
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Unilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Kettlebell High Pull

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

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, high emphasis); Semitendinosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Adductor magnus (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Shoulder horizontal abductionsecondary action

    Posterior deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Medial deltoid (synergist, low emphasis); Infraspinatus (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Scapula retractionsecondary action

    Rhomboids (synergist, moderate emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow flexionsecondary action

    Brachialis (synergist, moderate emphasis); Biceps brachii (synergist, low emphasis); Brachioradialis (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

    Erector spinae (stabilizer, high emphasis); Multifidus (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Quadratus lumborum (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine rotationsecondary action · resisted

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

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