Kettlebell Gobelt Curtsey Lunge

The Kettlebell Goblet Curtsey Lunge targets your legs and glutes while improving balance and coordination.

  1. Stand with your feet hip-width apart, holding a kettlebell close to your chest.
  2. Step one leg back and to the side, lowering into a lunge while keeping your front knee over your ankle.
  3. Push through your front heel to return to the starting position.
  4. Repeat on the other side.

How to perform the Kettlebell Gobelt Curtsey Lunge

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Kettlebell Gobelt Curtsey Lunge using your kettlebell.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your hamstrings.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your hamstrings rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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