Legs · Kettlebell
Kettlebell Two Arm Clean
How to do the kettlebell two arm clean, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Kettlebell
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Hinge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand with two kettlebells between your feet, hips back and chest up. Extend your hips explosively to pull both bells up, threading your hands around them to catch them in the front rack against your forearms. Stand tall, then lower back down to reset.
- 1Feel your hips and legs drive both bells up off the floor
- 2Thread your hands around the bells so they land softly in the rack
- 3Keep the bells close to your body on the way up
Common mistakes
- Don't pull the bells up with your arms; use hip extension
- Avoid catching the bells so they bang your wrists
- Don't round your back; keep the hinge sharp
Muscles worked
The kettlebell two arm clean mainly works the glutes and hamstrings, with the forearms, lower back, upper traps, upper abs, lower abs, quads, lats, calves, and front delts assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- HamstringsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- LatsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- BicepsMinor
- TricepsMinor
- Upper ChestMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.