Kettlebell Single Leg Deadlift
Stand tall, holding a kettlebell in one hand (e.g., right hand) with a soft bend in your standing knee. Shift your weight to the opposite leg (left leg) and hinge at your hips, extending your right leg straight back for counterbalance.
- Equipment
- Equipment
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Glutes
- Injury risk
- Moderate
Primary muscles
- gluteus maximus
- hamstrings
- erector spinae
Secondary muscles
- rectus abdominis
- obliques
- gluteus medius
- gluteus minimus
- forearms
Target muscles
- glutes
- legs
- back
- hips
- abs
How to perform
- 1
Stand tall, holding a kettlebell in one hand (e.g., right hand) with a soft bend in your standing knee.
- 2
Shift your weight to the opposite leg (left leg) and hinge at your hips, extending your right leg straight back for counterbalance.
- 3
Lower the kettlebell towards the floor, maintaining a neutral spine and engaging your core.
- 4
Stop when your torso is roughly parallel to the floor or just before your lower back rounds.
- 5
Engage your glute and hamstring of the standing leg to powerfully return to the starting upright position.
- 6
Repeat for desired repetitions, then switch sides, holding the kettlebell in the other hand.
Safety & form
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