Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a kettlebell in your right hand. Inhale and press the kettlebell overhead with your arm fully extended. Exhale and hinge at your hips, tilting your torso to the left while keeping your back straight and eyes on the kettlebell. Allow your right arm to slide down your right leg while keeping the kettlebell overhead. Inhale and return to the starting position, keeping your arm extended and core engaged. Repeat on the other side.

How to perform the Kettlebell Double Windmill

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Kettlebell Double Windmill 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 deltoids.
  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 deltoids 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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