Kettlebell Halo

How to do it

1. Stand tall with your core braced, holding a light kettlebell upside down by the horns at chest height.
2. Raise the bell to one side of your head.
3. Pass it around the back of your head in a smooth circle, close to your skull.
4. Bring it back down in front of your face to where you started, then reverse the direction.
5. Your head stays still and the bell travels around it. Go light: the point is control through the whole circle, not load.

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 Dumbbell Lateral Raises, it loads Rear delts 35 points higher, Side delts 35 points lower, Front delts 25 points higher. It needs Kettlebells where the other uses Dumbbells. Compared with the Kettlebell Overhead Press, it loads Front delts 60 points lower, Triceps 60 points lower, Rear delts 35 points higher.

Other ways to train this

• Dumbbell Lateral Raises Dumbbells
• Cable Lateral Raises Cable machine
• Seated Lateral Raises DumbbellsBench
• Plate-Loaded Lateral Raise Plate-loaded machine
• Barbell Upright Row BarbellIntermediate
• Cable Upright Row Cable machineIntermediate
• Kettlebell Sumo High Pull KettlebellsIntermediate
• Side-Lying Lateral Raise DumbbellsBench
• One-Arm Plate-Loaded Lateral Raise Plate-loaded machine
• Smith Machine Upright Row Smith machine
• Machine Lateral Raise Machines

Other exercises for the Side delts

• Kettlebell Overhead Press 55% KettlebellsIntermediate
• Turkish Get-Up 55% KettlebellsProfessional
• One-Arm Kettlebell Press 50% KettlebellsIntermediate
• Double Kettlebell Push Press 50% KettlebellsIntermediate

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