Three Steps to an Awesome Kettlebell Swing

Today we’re going to go over three steps to an awesome kettlebell swing. To start with, I’ve got my kettlebell down between my feet, and the first thing we need to do before we even step on that kettlebell is the basic hip hinge. So to hinge the hips back, it’s basically like you’re sticking your butt out. So, go ahead and take your stance a little outside of shoulder width like you would for a squat. And I want you to reach that butt like you’re trying to touch the wall. That’s our basic hip hinge: pushing that butt back and extending forward, flexing the glutes. We’re going to take that into a kettlebell Romanian style deadlift now. We’re going to take that kettlebell right between the heels. I’m going to have you again hinge those hips back, like you’re sticking your butt out, and we’re going to press the hips right into the bell. Stick the butt back; press those hips right into the bell. Now to take that into a kettlebell swing, we’re just going to step back from the bell. Again, get our feet just a little wider than shoulder width. And now we’re going to do the same thing we just did with the deadlift, but in a dynamic fashion. So we’re going to pull that bell back, and we’re going to extend those hips right into the bell.