Alternating Hang Clean

How to perform

1. 01Place two kettlebells between your feet. To get in the starting position, push your butt back and look straight ahead.
2. 02Clean one kettlebell to your shoulder and hold on to the other kettlebell in a hanging position. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulders. Rotate your wrist as you do so.
3. 03Lower the cleaned kettlebell to a hanging position and clean the alternate kettlebell. Repeat.

Form cues

• —Brace your core before the first rep and keep it braced.
• —Lead with the elbows and finish by squeezing the target muscle.
• —Control the lowering phase — that is where most of the growth stimulus lives.

Common mistakes

• —Using momentum instead of the target muscle.
• —Cutting the range of motion short to add load.
• —Adding weight before the movement pattern is clean.