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The kettlebell swing is an incredible hamstring, glute, core, and cardio exercise. 🔥 In this video, we aren’t talking about the actual hip hinge portion of the exercise. Although it is probably the most important part of the movement, we have covered that in numerous hip hinge videos in the past. This video instead focuses on the shoulder positioning during the kettlebell swing(KBS). Why?⁣
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When your blades are properly engaged in a KBS, deadlift, squat, olympic lift, or any other movement, it helps to create tension through the entire torso and produce more power. A KBS, deadlift, and squat all use the lever system to move weight as efficiently as possible. If your shoulders are rounded forward and deactivated, you will lose tension in the upper body, produce less force in the movement, and put more stress on the LOWER BACK. If you often feel some pain in the lower back, it could be due to your lack of shoulder blade engagement!⁣
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Imagine that your body is a catapult that launches rocks and if the arm of that catapult (your entire torso) has a weak, bendy spot, it will not launch the rock nearly as far as it would if the arm of the catapult (your torso) was completely rigid. Maintaining an aligned core and engaged shoulder blades will create rigidity of the torso and allow you to more heavier weight more efficiently.⁣
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You do not need to “reset” your blades for every rep like we show in the video. That is a good visual for you to know whether or not your blades are properly set. If, at the top of the KBS, you are able to pull your shoulders down, it means that you didn’t have them engage to begin with! ⁣
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Written by Andrew Dettelbach @MoveUShirtlessDude⁣
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