One cue
at a time.Kettlebell swings and carries coached one cue at a time at Sanctuary Fitness, Clydebank.

What you are watching

Kettlebell swings look simple and are easy to do badly. In this clip I am coaching one cue at a time: hinge, not squat; hips drive the bell; arms are ropes. Fix one thing, do five reps, fix the next thing. That is how a class of mixed abilities all ends up moving well in the same hour.

Swings, carries and goblet squats turn up in most of my sessions because they train the back of the body, the bit sitting at a desk switches off. They are also the fastest way I know to get a nervous beginner lifting something heavy with confidence, because the bell is forgiving and the pattern is one you already own.

Kettlebell work runs through the Sanctuary Functional class on Wednesday evening and Friday morning, and through the small-group Personal Training slots. You do not need to know any of this before you come; that is what the coaching is for.

Filmed on a phone in the gym at Spectrum House, Clydebank Business Park. Clients appear with their say-so; a clip comes down the day anyone asks. More on Instagram and the photos and videos page.