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Kettlebell

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

/ˈketəlbel/nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, kettlebell means: A round cast-iron weight with a handle on top, used for swinging, lifting and carrying exercises.

In Turkish: kettlebell, girya

How it is used

Popular in functional training and group classes. The best-known exercise is the kettlebell swing; others include the goblet squat and the Turkish get-up. Kettlebells are usually labelled in kilograms.

Example sentences

  1. Grab a 16-kilo kettlebell for the swings.

  2. The class mixes kettlebell work with rowing intervals.

Common collocations

  • kettlebell swing
  • kettlebell class
  • kettlebell workout
  • heavy kettlebell
  • dumbbellA short bar with a weight at each end, held in one hand; used singly or in pairs for exercises such as curls, presses and rows.
  • free weightsWeights that are not attached to a machine, such as dumbbells, barbells and kettlebells, so the user has to control and balance them.
  • circuit trainingA workout in which you move quickly from one exercise or station to the next with little rest, usually repeating the whole series several times.
  • glutesShort for gluteal muscles: the muscles of the buttocks, mainly the gluteus maximus, medius and minimus, which move and stabilise the hips.

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