Kettlebell Good Morning

The Kettlebell Good Morning targets your hamstrings, glutes, and lower back. It improves hip hinge mechanics and overall posterior chain strength.

  1. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, holding a kettlebell with both hands in front of your thighs.
  2. Engage your core and hinge at the hips, lowering your torso while keeping your back straight.
  3. Lower until your torso is nearly parallel to the ground, then return to the starting position by driving through your hips.

How to perform the Kettlebell Good Morning

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Kettlebell Good Morning 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 glutes.
  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 glutes 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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