Teres Minor
Anatomy, function and the kettlebell exercises that train the teres minor.
- Body region
- Shoulder (posterior)
- Muscle group
- Rotator Cuff
What the teres minor does
Shoulder external rotation, stabilizer.
Kettlebell exercises that train the teres minor
25 exercises from our biomechanical library, ordered by how primarily they load this muscle.
- Double Kettlebell Ninety Ninety Get-Upstabilizer
- Turkish Get-Upstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Reverse Ninety-Ninety Get-Upstabilizer
- Single Arm Reverse Curtsy Get-Upstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Racked Surrenderstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Surrenderstabilizer
- Single Arm Pendulum Full Snatchstabilizer
- Single Arm Surrenderstabilizer
- Double Arm Step-Upstabilizer
- Single Arm Step-Upstabilizer
- Single Arm Dead Start Swingsnatchsecondary
- Single Arm Dead Snatchsecondary
- Single Arm Sportstyle Jerksecondary
- Double Kettlebell Sportstyle Jerksecondary
- Double Kettlebell Hardstyle Full Snatch (StrongFirst)secondary
- Single Arm Pendulum Half Snatchsecondary
- Single Arm Lateral Snatchsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Half Snatchsecondary
- Single Arm Pendulum Snatchsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Hardstyle Half Snatch (StrongFirst)secondary
- Single Arm Half Snatchsecondary
- Single Arm Hip Hinge Full Snatchsecondary
- Single Arm Hip Hinge Half Snatchsecondary
- Single Arm Hardstyle Half Snatch (StrongFirst)secondary
- Single Arm Hardstyle Full Snatch (StrongFirst)secondary
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