Kettlebell Arnold Press

What it is

This compound pushing exercise challenges your shoulder muscles, with significant engagement from your triceps. You press a kettlebell overhead, rotating your palm from inward to forward as you extend. It is an intermediate-level movement that builds upper body strength.

Technique tips

• Clean the kettlebell smoothly to your shoulder before each press.
• Keep your core braced and your gaze straight ahead.
• Focus on controlled wrist rotation as you press overhead.
• Breathe out forcefully as you extend the kettlebell upwards.
• Lower the kettlebell with control, reversing the wrist rotation.
• Avoid excessive back arching; maintain a stable torso.

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.