Exercise Comparison
Ab Roller vs Double Kettlebell Windmill




Side-by-Side
Muscle Analysis
Shared
Only in Double Kettlebell Windmill
Instructions
Ab Roller
Hold the Ab Roller with both hands and kneel on the floor.
Now place the ab roller on the floor in front of you so that you are on all your hands and knees (as in a kneeling push up position). This will be your starting position.
Slowly roll the ab roller straight forward, stretching your body into a straight position. Tip: Go down as far as you can without touching the floor with your body. Breathe in during this portion of the movement.
After a pause at the stretched position, start pulling yourself back to the starting position as you breathe out. Tip: Go slowly and keep your abs tight at all times.
Double Kettlebell Windmill
Place a kettlebell in front of your front foot and clean and press a kettlebell overhead with your opposite arm. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulders. Rotate your wrist as you do so, so that the palm faces forward.
Keeping the kettlebell locked out at all times, push your butt out in the direction of the locked out kettlebell. Turn your feet out at a forty-five degree angle from the arm with the locked out kettlebell.
Bending at the hip to one side, sticking your butt out, slowly lean until you can retrieve the kettlebell from the floor. Keep your eyes on the kettlebell that you hold over your head at all times.
Pause for a second after retrieving the kettlebell from the ground and reverse the motion back to the starting position.
Verdict
Both exercises target the abdominals. Ab Roller is a intermediate exercise using other, while Double Kettlebell Windmill is intermediate and uses kettlebells. Choose Ab Roller if you have access to other, or Double Kettlebell Windmill if you prefer kettlebells.