Two-Arm Kettlebell Overhead Press

How to do it

1. Clean two kettlebells to the rack position, bells resting on the backs of your forearms.
2. Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart, stomach braced, ribs down.
3. Press both bells overhead with the arms alone — no dip, no leg drive.
4. Let the wrists turn so the palms face forward as the bells pass the head.
5. Finish with the arms straight and the bells settled over your shoulders.
6. Lower under control back to the rack.

Common mistakes

• Dipping the knees to start. That makes it a push press, which moves more weight and trains something else.
• Letting the wrists bend back under the bells. Straight wrist with the bell on the forearm is what makes the position comfortable.
• Arching the lower back to press. Standing, the arch has nowhere to go but the spine.
• Pressing before the bells have settled in the rack. A bell caught badly is pressed badly, and the rack is where the repetition starts.

Muscles worked

Primary

• Shoulders

Secondary

• Triceps