Weight windmill

Skill Tree

Muscles

Technique

  1. Begin standing with a small weight in one hand, arm extended overhead, and feet wider than shoulder-width apart.
  2. Keeping the weight overhead and bending only slightly at the knees, hinge at your hips to lean sideways to the side opposite to the arm holding the weight.
  3. Reverse the movement to return to the starting position.

Form tips

  1. Keep your eyes on the weight overhead to maintain stability.
  2. Go as low as your flexiblity allows and start with no weight or smaller weight to get used to the motion.

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