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Hip Hinge · Intermediate

Single-Arm Kettlebell Swing

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 Single-Arm Kettlebell Swing

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)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

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

  • Shoulder flexionsecondary action

    Anterior deltoid (synergist, low emphasis); Pectoralis major (synergist, low emphasis); Supraspinatus (stabilizer, low emphasis)

  • Spine rotationsecondary action · resisted

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

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