If you’re working on lower-body strength, kettlebells are a great tool to have on hand. Kettlebells are also useful for modifying exercises to suit your ability and for improving balance, core stability, and functional movement.

There are many ways to incorporate kettlebells into your workout.

“Kettlebells provide external resistance that can be applied across a variety of lower body movement patterns,” said Stephen Binckes, MS, CSCS, USAW-1, exercise physiologist at the HSS.

“How you choose to load the lower body through a specific movement pattern changes how your muscles respond to that resistance. One of the biggest benefits of choosing kettlebells as your external resistance is the versatility they provide when selecting and modifying exercises,” he said.

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