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Originally Posted by luv
Here's what I'm doing, only I don't bend over that much. I squat a little more than I bend over.
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A proper kettlebell swing is surprisingly complicated (I took a 3 hour workshop, half of which was spent learning to swing properly because that's what more complicated kettlebell exercises are based upon). That image is the "correct" way to do it.
However, you shouldn't be "lifting" with your arms at all. They should be swinging naturally from the momentum generated by your hip movement. All power should be generated in your hips, glutes, and legs. Lifting with your arms could screw your shoulders and upper back up. But you're probably not doing that heavy of weight, so the danger of injury isn't that great.
It's also not so much a "standing up" as it is a hip thrust. That power from the hip thrust is what generates the momentum to swing the kettlebell. A hardstyle swing should be an explosive but fluid movement that involves chaining a bunch of different muscle groups together.
It's like a pendulum.
This is a good hardstyle swing: