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Exercise: KB Snatch

person doing KB Snatch
person doing KB Snatch

Primary Muscles:

  • Quadriceps
  • Gluteals

Secondary Muscles:

  • Obliques

Body Area:

  • Legs
  • Glutes
  • Shoulders

Movement Type:

  • Explosive
  • Core (Rotary Stability)

Equipment:

Training Category:

  • Resistance

Proper Steps:

Begin in an outside shoulder-width stance with a KB between the instep of your feet
Brace your core, hinge your hips, and grab KB with one hand
Explode feet into ground and launch KB straight up, keeping it close to your center of mass (think like your zipping up a jacket)
As KB makes its way overhead, press yourself under and catch (see 1KB Push Jerk)
Control the KB into the 'racked' position (see 1KB Clean) before either returning it to the floor, or into a KB Swing for successive reps