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Power Β· Lower body

Kettlebell snatch

Difficulty Hinges and pulls

How to perform it

Snatch the kettlebell from the floor to overhead in one fluid motion – explosiveness from the glutes, the front delts fix the lockout at the top, the core stabilizes. Differs from the snatch in the implement (single-arm kettlebell instead of a barbell).

Video demo

Equipment

  • KettlebellFree weight

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Front delts
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Transverse abdominis (not on the surface map)

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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Exercise family Β· pattern: Hinges and pulls

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