She may have played a technologically advanced super soldier in 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate, but when it came to getting into prime fighting shape for the role, Mackenzie Davis sometimes needed nothing more than one very low-tech kettlebell.
Often left with only what they could scrounge up at hotel gyms during filming, Davis and her trainer, Oxygen Elite Ambassador Josefine Holmberg, got creative, with many of the following one-kettlebell moves making their way into the regular workout rotation. “They are some of my favorite upper-body exercises, and I also ended up leaning on them when I was in lockdown during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,” Holmberg adds.
As with her lower-body-focused kettlebell routine — which you can check out by clicking here — NPC Bikini competitor Holmberg offers two options for this kettlebell upper-body workout. The first is a more endurance-oriented “AMRAP” approach, in which you do as many total rounds of the six-move circuit as you can in 20 minutes, and a more standard muscle-building style, in which you do four sets anywhere from eight to 20 reps of each exercise.
Equipment Required: One kettlebell or dumbbell (or more if you want to have various weight levels to choose from) and an exercise mat if you prefer to use one while lying on the floor.
Josefine Holmberg’s 20-Minute Upper-Body Kettlebell AMRAP Circuit
Set a timer for 20 minutes and do as many rounds as possible of the following six exercises:
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