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One-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats

How to do the One-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings, Shoulders

Equipment

Kettlebells

Step by step

How to do the One-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats

  1. 1

    Clean and press a kettlebell with one arm. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulder. Rotate your wrist as you do so. Press the weight overhead by extending through the elbow.This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    Looking straight ahead and keeping a kettlebell locked out above you, flex the knees and hips and lower your torso between your legs, keeping your head and chest up.

  3. 3

    Pause at the bottom position for a second before rising back to the top, driving through the heels of your feet.

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Every One-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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