Kettlebell Ribbons
That’s a wrap!
In a smooth-action movement, you bring the kettlebell from one hip to another traversing accross your chest and behind your head. Excellent shoulder and core exercise as well as upper body warm-up.
Summary
Great warm-up exercise and very relevant for even the most advanced kettlebell users, this exercise trains excellent stability in the core, facilitates shoulder mobility, and primes the upper body for further kettlebell training in the rest of the workout.
Key Points
Movement
You begin by grabbing the kettlebell upside-down by the horns so that your hands are holding the handles under the main weight. With your feet more than shoulder-width apart, you start by placing the kettlebell on or close to one hip. You bring it diagonally across your chest and torso and circle around your head and bring it right back around and across to the other hip.
When looked at from an outside perspective, it looks like you are following the trajectory of a ribbon (similar to those of breast cancer awareness, troop support, etc.). Make sure that you are careful when doing this exercise for the first few times and use a very light weight to start off.
Muscles Worked
The Kettlebell Ribbons primarily target the shoulders and also work some of the core, but once again are used primarily as a warm-up and stabilization exercise.
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Conclusion & How to incorporate
A great warm-up exercise, the Kettlebell Ribbons can also be used to help promote shoulder mobility, core strength and stability as well as balance and coordination.
Similar Exercises
We encourage you to check out these other kettlebell exercises if you have not done so already.
