How to Do the Kettlebell Pirate Ships
💪 Shoulders, Abdominals🏋️ Kettlebells📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- With a wide stance, hold a kettlebell with both hands. Allow it to hang at waist level with your arms extended. This will be your starting position.
- Initiate the movement by turning to one side, swinging the kettlebell to head height. Briefly pause at the top of the motion.
- Allow the bell to drop as you rotate to the opposite side, again raising the kettlebell to head height.
- Repeat for the desired amount of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Kettlebell Pirate Ships primarily targets your Shoulders, with support from your Abdominals. You'll need kettlebells.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Kettlebell Pirate Ships slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.