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