Problem: Allowing the Kettlebell to Slip Out of the Groove
You have practiced your press for some time and finally found the pressing groove that works perfectly for you. However, while you are able to stick with it with light and medium weights, when you press heavy things start falling apart.
The kettlebell challenges you in an arm-wrestling match, meaning that it’s weight, displaced from its handle, always tries to bring your wrist into extension. If that happens, you will lose tension and control of the kettlebell, and the game is over.
To avoid this, your wrist must always fight against the weight of the kettlebell, starting from the set-up, in which you need to set your wrist and tighten your forearm muscles just as you would do for an arm-wrestling challenge.
You also need to shorten as much as possible the lever that the handle has against your wrist, and the way to do it is sliding the handle as deep as possible into the very heel of your palm.
Then you must crush the handle and keep fighting the weight of the kettlebell by forcing your wrist into flexion, throughout the entire press.
The Stacked Press is a great variation of the press that teaches you how to do it. Please check out the video below!
Use two kettlebells of which the sum of both weights equals to that of a kettlebell that you can press 7-10 times with perfect form. Initially make it so that one is heavier than the other.
Once you have gained confidence with the stacked press, you may experiment with heavier weights and with different combinations of sizes that add up to the same weight.
The stacked press does magic for perfecting your technique. It teaches you to crush the handle and arm-wrestle the kettlebell by giving you no other options. As you fail to do so, even for a fraction of second, things will fall apart immediately.
Enjoy! Next time, we will teach you an excellent drill that will help you to properly tense your unloaded side. Please make sure to keep an eye on your inbox.
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