How to do it
Brace your abs sharply at the moment of the hip snap.
- 1
Stand with your feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell with both hands in front of you.
- 2
Bend your knees slightly and hinge at your hips to lower the dumbbell between your legs.
- 3
Thrust your hips forward, straightening your legs to swing the dumbbell up to shoulder height.
- 4
Allow the dumbbell to swing back down between your legs as you hinge at the hips again.
- 5
Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Expert tip
Use your hips to generate the power for the swing, not your arms.
Common mistakes
- ✕Squatting down instead of hinging at the hips
- ✕Swinging the dumbbell above shoulder height
- ✕Rounding the lower back in the hinge