Front Squats With Two Kettlebells

What it is

This compound exercise challenges your lower body by positioning two kettlebells in a front rack hold. It primarily targets your quadriceps, while also strengthening your glutes and calves.

Technique tips

• Maintain an upright torso and look straight ahead.
• Keep the kettlebells racked securely on your shoulders.
• Actively push your knees out over your feet.
• Squat as deep as comfortably possible with good form.
• Drive through your heels to powerfully ascend.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.