What muscles do halos work?

What muscles do halos work?

What muscles do kettlebell halos work? The halo especially works your shoulders, triceps, and upper back and is a great mobility warm up exercise.

How do you do the halo workout?

Step 1: Two hand clean a kettlebell to a bottom’s up position Step 2: Pulling your shoulder blades down and retracting your scaps bring the kettlebell around your head bringing it back to the starting position Step 3: The kettlebell should travel close to your head without coming into contact with it Tips and Safety: …

What are kettlebell halos good for?

When performed properly, the kettlebell halo can help you to develop core stability that assists with balance and other essential functions. Specifically, exercise physiologists have stated that the halo helps improve reflexive stability2—a precursor to core strength.

What are frog crunches?

Froggy Crunch or Frog Crunch is an abdominal exercise that strengthens the rectus abdominus and helps flatten your abs. The difference between frog crunch and a regular crunch is that your legs are open in a diamond shape with the souls of the feet touching and the knees splayed out to the sides looking like frog legs.

What is a kettlebell slingshot?

The slingshot is an excellent kettlebell warm up exercise where the kettlebell is passed around the body from hand to hand. What are the benefits of the kettlebell slingshot? The kettlebell slingshot is great for warming up the shoulders, grip and core muscles as well as acclimatising to a new kettlebell weight.

What is a dead stop deadlift?

The dead stop deadlift is when doing deadlift reps the full weight of the bar is released onto the floor. With the touch-n-go deadlift the weight only touches the floor without the full weight of the bar being unloaded onto the floor before the next rep is started.

Should I quit Deadlifting?

There is really no need to stop deadlifting. It is an incredibly good workout. What you need to do is lift less weight and try to work on your form before you bring it back up. Make sure that you talk to a doctor to make sure that you are fine doing so because you may still be recovering from your injuries.

Andrew

Andrey is a coach, sports writer and editor. He is mainly involved in weightlifting. He also edits and writes articles for the IronSet blog where he shares his experiences. Andrey knows everything from warm-up to hard workout.