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Technique

  1. Begin in a squat position, grasping a Kettlebell with one hand using an overhand grip.
  2. Explosively extend your hips and knees to pull the weight upward in a vertical line close to your body.
  3. As the weight reaches shoulder height, rotate your hand and press upward to fully extend the arm overhead in one motion.

Form tips

  • Use the power from your lower body to generate momentum for lifting the weight.
Logging: Weight used on one side. Repetitions done on one side.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Neck
  • Back
  • Shoulders
  • Spine
  • Serratus anterior

Secondary

  • Chest
  • Biceps
  • Forearms
  • Triceps
  • Upper trapezius
  • Levator scapulae
  • Spinalis thoracis
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Middle deltoid
  • Biceps brachii (short head)
  • Brachialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)

Equipment

Appears in

Other disciplines
Joint movements
trains stretches

Variations

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Single dumbbell snatch

Novice
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One-arm clean and press

Intermediate
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Power snatch

Intermediate
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Snatch

Intermediate
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Slingshot

Novice
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One-arm clean, squat and press

Intermediate
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