Full body · MOBILITY
KB Windmill — bottom hold
Hip hinge, thoracic rotation and an overhead shoulder held in one shape
Coaching cues
How to do it well
These are the cues the app shows on the exercise card, written for the moment you are standing in front of the bar.
- Eyes on the bell the whole way
- Push the hip away, do not fold the chest down
- Hold at the bottom
- Tempo
- 5s to lower
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In the program
How Train Smart prescribes it
The sets and reps below are the authored starting point. The actual weight you see is calculated from your own last top set and the week you are in within your four-week block.
| Program | Session | Sets × reps | Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | Explosive Power + Posterior | 2 × 15s/side | Light KB overhead |
At a glance
What it trains, and who trains it
- Muscles worked
- Quads · Glutes
- Region
- Full body
- Classified as
- MOBILITY
- Prescribed in
- MMA
This exercise, in a program that knows why it is there
Train Smart puts this movement in the right session, at the right point in your block, at a weight calculated for you — and swaps it automatically if you do not have the kit.
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