Kettlebell Deadlift

How to do it

1. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and kettlebell between your feet.
2. Hinge at the hips and bend your knees to grip the handle.
3. Brace your core and set your back flat.
4. Drive through your heels to stand up with the kettlebell.
5. Lock out at the top with shoulders pulled back.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

How it compares

Compared with the Romanian Deadlift, it loads Quads 25 points higher, Hamstrings 25 points lower, Adductors (inner thigh) 15 points lower. It needs Kettlebells where the other uses Barbell. Compared with the Kettlebell Windmill, it loads Obliques 80 points lower, Abs 55 points lower, Side delts 45 points lower.

Other ways to train this

• Romanian Deadlift BarbellIntermediate
• Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift DumbbellsIntermediate
• Good Morning BarbellProfessional
• Smith Machine RDL Smith machine
• Conventional Deadlift BarbellProfessional
• Cable Pull-Through Cable machine
• Kettlebell Swing KettlebellsIntermediate
• Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift DumbbellsIntermediate
• Band Good Morning Resistance bands
• Sumo Deadlift BarbellProfessional
• Bodyweight Good Morning Bodyweight
• Band Romanian Deadlift Resistance bands
• Stiff-Leg Deadlift BarbellProfessional
• Rack Pull BarbellIntermediate
• Trap-Bar Deadlift BarbellIntermediate
• Smith Machine Good Morning Smith machine
• Dumbbell Deadlift DumbbellsIntermediate
• Kettlebell Sumo Deadlift Kettlebells

Other exercises for the Hamstrings

• Kettlebell Windmill 40% KettlebellsProfessional
• Kettlebell Front Squat 10% Kettlebells
• Seated Leg Curl 95% Machines
• Lying Leg Curl 95% Machines

Exercise illustrations and data by RepDB (repdb.co), used under licence.