Open Palm Kettlebell Clean

Technique

How to perform Open Palm Kettlebell Clean

1. Place one kettlebell between your feet and grasp its handle with both hands.
2. Bend at the hips and knees while maintaining a steady trunk and keeping the bell close.
3. Extend the hips and knees to accelerate the bell upward toward chest height.
4. As the bell rises, release the handle briefly and receive the body of the bell in both open palms, with bent elbows beneath it.
5. Guide the bell forward off the palms and regrasp its handle with both hands.
6. Bend at the hips and knees to absorb the return, lower the bell to the starting position and reset before repeating.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Gluteus Maximus.