Hinge downBalanced over midfoot
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Single-arm kettlebell single-leg deadlift

Standing on the right leg with a 20 kg bell in the left hand (the opposite side); the free leg extends behind as the trunk hinges to about 75°. The cross-body load makes the hip resist turning open.

11°Ankle dorsiflexion
10°Knee flexion
6°Hip flexion
3°Trunk from vertical
31°Arm to trunk
15°Elbow flexion
9Ankle spacing, cm
68Hand spacing, cm
5Knee outside ankle, cm
–Knee cave, ° inside toe line
–Load left / right, %
0Pelvis drop, cm

Load and joint demand

Load in the model: 20 kg. Balance and joint demand re-solve as you change it.

Lower back
20 / 219
Hip extensors
12 / 137
Knee flexors
37 / 191
Calves
77 / 85
Shoulder, per side
6 / 11

N·m now / peak over the rep.

Faults

Faults grow with knee bend and apply to lifts standing on the floor. The fault check flags a knee caving more than 10° inside the line of the toes and a load split beyond 60/40. Knee cave shows best in the front camera.

Body

Femur changes keep standing height fixed by shortening or lengthening the torso. Longer femurs force more forward lean in any squat.

Muscles worked

Hamstrings
100 pts
Glutes
100 pts
Abs and core
64 pts
Forearms and grip
46 pts

Effort and your quota

6.5/10 effort6.8fatigue per set

Your quota per set: 10 reps at 20 kg, stopping 2 reps short of failure.

One hard set earns 200 legs points, 23 arms points, 64 core points.

Prime movers

Hamstrings and gluteus maximus of the standing leg, gluteus medius, obliques, grip.

What to look for

  • Hips stay square; the free toe points down.
  • The bell hangs under the shoulder.
  • Reach the heel back as the chest goes down.
How the model works, and its limits

One 3D skeleton drives both views. Segment lengths and widths are Winter's anthropometric ratios of height; segment masses and centre-of-mass positions follow Dempster's data. For free-standing lifts the whole-body angle is found numerically so the combined centre of mass of lifter and load sits over the middle of the foot. Arms and legs use two-link inverse kinematics with a pole direction. Rep timing follows a minimum-jerk profile.

Balance is quasi-static, so ballistic lifts are shown slowed down. Cable pull and pad support forces are not modelled. The spine is one rigid segment and joints have no range-of-motion limits or muscle forces.