Iliacus
Anatomy, function and the kettlebell exercises that train the iliacus.
- Body region
- Hip (anterior)
- Muscle group
- Hip Flexors
What the iliacus does
Hip flexor, works with psoas major as iliopsoas.
Kettlebell exercises that train the iliacus
25 exercises from our biomechanical library, ordered by how primarily they load this muscle.
- Sots Press with Supportstabilizer
- Single Arm Dead Start Swingsnatchstabilizer
- Ribbonsstabilizer
- Single Arm Stiff-Legged Flared Bent-Over Rowstabilizer
- Russian Twiststabilizer
- Single Arm Bent-Over Rowstabilizer
- Ninety-Ninety Windmillstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Wide Stance Tucked Rowstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Sots Press with Rotationstabilizer
- Gorilla Rowstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Narrow Stance Flared Rowstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Narrow Stance Tucked Rowstabilizer
- Double Arm Rowstabilizer
- Single Arm Split Stance Tucked Rowstabilizer
- Turkish Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Ninety Ninety Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Reverse Ninety-Ninety Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Racked Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Single Arm Reverse Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Racked Surrendersecondary
- Double Kettlebell Static Squat Dead Curlsecondary
- Double Arm Static Squat Dead Curlsecondary
- Gorilla Curlsecondary
- Single Arm Surrendersecondary
- Double Kettlebell Surrendersecondary
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