Gracilis
Anatomy, function and the kettlebell exercises that train the gracilis.
- Body region
- Thigh (medial)
- Muscle group
- Adductors
What the gracilis does
Long, thin hip adductor, also crosses the knee.
Kettlebell exercises that train the gracilis
25 exercises from our biomechanical library, ordered by how primarily they load this muscle.
- Bridgestabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Sots Press with Rotationstabilizer
- Single Arm Dead Start Swingsnatchstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Crunchstabilizer
- Sots Press with Supportstabilizer
- Cross Crunchstabilizer
- Single Arm Push Pressstabilizer
- Double Arm Crunch and Reachstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Sportstyle Push Pressstabilizer
- Single Arm Dead Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Crunchstabilizer
- Single Arm Hip Hinge Full Snatchstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Staggered Stance Deadliftstabilizer
- Single Arm Surrenderstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Stiff-Legged Deadliftstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Hardstyle Half Snatch (StrongFirst)stabilizer
- Turkish Get-Upsecondary
- Double Arm Static Squat Dead Curlsecondary
- Ninety-Ninety Windmillsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Static Squat Dead Curlsecondary
- Single Arm Sportstyle Jerksecondary
- Double Kettlebell Sportstyle Jerksecondary
- Double Kettlebell Sumo Deadliftsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Reverse Ninety-Ninety Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Ninety Ninety Get-Upsecondary
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