Exercise library / Shoulders
Kettlebell press
Shoulders · Kettlebell
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps10 to 15
RIR0 to 2
Single-joint work responds to reps and time under tension more than to heavy load.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Front delts.
Secondary: Side delts, Triceps, Abs.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Kettlebell-press
- Swedish Kettlebellpress
- Danish Kettlebell-pres
- German Kettlebell Schulterdrücken
- Spanish Press con kettlebell
- Italian Lento avanti con kettlebell
- Portuguese Desenvolvimento com kettlebell
- Russian Жим гири стоя
- French Développé kettlebell
Related shoulders exercises
- Overhead press (barbell)
- Seated overhead press (barbell)
- Push press
- Upright row (barbell)
- Landmine shoulder press
- Overhead press (dumbbells)
athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.