Kettlebell Alternating Hang Clean

Learn how to do the Kettlebell Alternating Hang Clean with proper form and technique. This kettlebell exercise primarily targets your Forearms, with secondary emphasis on Shoulders, Traps, Core.

Kettlebell Alternating Hang Clean exercise demonstration showing proper form

How to Do the Kettlebell Alternating Hang Clean

Follow these steps to perform the Kettlebell Alternating Hang Clean with correct form:

  1. 1Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a kettlebell in each hand with an overhand grip.
  2. 2Bend your knees slightly and hinge forward at the hips, keeping your back straight and chest up.
  3. 3Allow the kettlebells to hang in front of your body with your arms fully extended.
  4. 4In one fluid motion, explosively extend your hips, shrug your shoulders, and pull the kettlebells up towards your shoulders.
  5. 5As the kettlebells reach shoulder height, rotate your wrists and catch the kettlebells in the rack position, with your palms facing inward and the kettlebells resting on the outside of your forearms.
  6. 6Lower the kettlebells back down to the starting position and repeat the movement with the opposite arm.
  7. 7Continue alternating arms for the desired number of repetitions.

Kettlebell Alternating Hang Clean Muscles Worked

Primary

Secondary

shoulderstrapscore

Exercise Details

Equipment
kettlebell
Body Part
lower arms
Category
Extended

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