10 Reasons You Should Not Be Doing The Kettlebell Clean + Press
Posted: November 5, 2024
Here are 10 reasons for you to consider NOT doing the [kettlebell] Clean + Press:
1 - You have little to no kettlebell training experience, and haven’t wrapped your mind around the Swing and the Turkish Get Up.
2 - You have active shoulder, elbow, or wrist pain.
3 - You don’t know how to Clean the KB without banging your wrists or shoulders (or both).
4 - You have active knee pain.
5 - You have restricted shoulder ranges of motion - specifically, putting your arm straight over your head.
6 - You have active neck, mid-back, or lower back pain.
7 - You can’t “hinge” properly into your hips and you round your lower back on your Cleans.
8 - You don’t like either exercise - the Clean or the Press.
9 - You have active groin or hip pain.
10 - You have some other health condition (like a hernia) that would either prohibit you from performing the Clean + Press or be exacerbated by doing it.