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Plyo Kettlebell Pushups

How to do the Plyo Kettlebell Pushups with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Chest

Secondary

Shoulders, Triceps

Equipment

Kettlebells

Step by step

How to do the Plyo Kettlebell Pushups

  1. 1

    Place a kettlebell on the floor. Place yourself in a pushup position, on your toes with one hand on the ground and one hand holding the kettlebell, with your elbows extended. This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    Begin by lowering yourself as low as you can, keeping your back straight.

  3. 3

    Quickly and forcefully reverse direction, pushing yourself up to the other side of the kettlebell, switching hands as you do so. Continue the movement by descending and repeating the movement back and forth.

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