First, practice the windmill without weight, and then after you perfect the movement pattern, try the windmill with a kettlebell or dumbbell. Then assume a shoulder-width stance, but point your feet at a 45-degree angle away from the weight. Overhead Kettlebell Hold. Turn the toes of your left foot straight to the side at 90 degrees. 4. Bottom Hand Kettlebell Windmill. Rotate your torso to face the right side of the room, making sure your feet and hips stay forward. And that's how you do the windmill. Extend your right arm overhead and let your left arm relax at your side. How to Do the Windmill Exercise. Top Hand Kettlebell Windmill. 3. 2. In order to avoid injury and to get the most from this kettlebell exercises I recommend that you progress the windmill exercise as follows: 1. Start standing with your feet hip-width apart and arms stretched above your head with hands together. Angle your left foot outward, drive your weight into your right heel and begin shifting your right hip outward to the right. Step 2: Point both arms out to your side so that your upper body looks like a "T". Engage your core and push your hips toward your right side. Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Step 3: Keeping your legs straight. So I would do about six to eight reps on one side with weight and then you want to switch legs so you turn your opposite leg out to ninety degrees and you would bring the other leg to about forty five degrees and you do the same exact thing on the other side. Windmill Warm Up (no kettlebell). Here are the steps: 1 Press the weight overhead and lock it. Lower your torso down to the right then toward your toes as you try to keep your legs straight. How to do Windmill Stretching: Step 1: Start with your feet slightly wider then shoulder width apart. Stand with your feet more than hip-width apart and your toes facing forward. Do a basic windmill without resistance to master the movement pattern.