Supraspinatus
Anatomy, function and the kettlebell exercises that train the supraspinatus.
- Body region
- Shoulder (posterior)
- Muscle group
- Rotator Cuff
What the supraspinatus does
Initiates shoulder abduction, stabilizes humeral head.
Kettlebell exercises that train the supraspinatus
25 exercises from our biomechanical library, ordered by how primarily they load this muscle.
- Single Arm Dead Start Swingsnatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Dead Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Sportstyle Jerkstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Sportstyle Jerkstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Racked Surrenderstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Surrenderstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Hardstyle Full Snatch (StrongFirst)stabilizer
- Single Arm Pendulum Full Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Pendulum Half Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Lateral Snatchstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Half Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Pendulum Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Half Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Hip Hinge Half Snatchstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Hardstyle Half Snatch (StrongFirst)stabilizer
- Single Arm Hip Hinge Full Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Surrenderstabilizer
- Single Arm Hardstyle Half Snatch (StrongFirst)stabilizer
- Single Arm Hardstyle Full Snatch (StrongFirst)stabilizer
- Double Arm Step-Upstabilizer
- Single Arm Step-Upstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Ninety Ninety Get-Upsecondary
- Turkish Get-Upsecondary
- Single Arm Reverse Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Reverse Ninety-Ninety Get-Upsecondary
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