Piriformis
Anatomy, function and the kettlebell exercises that train the piriformis.
- Body region
- Hip (deep)
- Muscle group
- Deep Hip Rotators
What the piriformis does
Hip external rotation, abduction when hip flexed.
Kettlebell exercises that train the piriformis
25 exercises from our biomechanical library, ordered by how primarily they load this muscle.
- Goblet Squatstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Sumo Deadliftstabilizer
- Single Arm Racked Carrystabilizer
- Single Arm Lateral Snatchstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Farmer Carrystabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Overhead Carrystabilizer
- Single Arm Step-Upstabilizer
- Single Arm Overhead Carrystabilizer
- Goblet Carrystabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Staggered Stance Deadliftstabilizer
- Single Arm Farmer Carrystabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Wide Stance Tucked Rowstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Racked Carrystabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Step-Upstabilizer
- Single Arm Single-Leg Deadliftsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Squat Deadliftsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Racked Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Single Arm Reverse Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Armbarsecondary
- Windmill Anyhowsecondary
- Windmillsecondary
- Low Windmillsecondary
- Ninety-Ninety Windmillsecondary
- Single Arm Side Bendsecondary
- Turkish Get-Upsecondary
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