Jeff
Level 5 Valued Member
I have read that a one handed swing should look like a two handed swing, but when you are doing a two handed swing your shoulders and kettlebell can form a tripod. The arms will form a v with neither arm vertical at the bottom of the two handed swing. As I watch videos of people doing one handed swings there seems to be a tendency for the arm holding the kettlebell to want to be vertical at the bottom of the swing, which makes sense. This causes the shoulder on the same side as the kettlebell to dip lower than the non-kettlebell shoulder. It is impossible to keep the shoulders level with one another while the kettlebell arm becomes more vertical at the bottom of the swing. Are you supposed to try to keep both shoulders square and at the same elevation, and fight the tendency to allow the kettlebell arm to become vertical? I know you are supposed to fight the urge to allow the body to rotate, but is that at both the top and bottom of the swing or just the top?