Description
Olympic lift snatch
- Pull barbell from ground to overhead lockout using a wide grip and overhead squat.
- Move bar slowly until cleared knees then explosively extend hips, pull bar up and dive under the bar
- Catch bar overhead with straight arms
- Push head forward during lockout
Muscles
Primary muscles
- Front deltoid
- Hamstrings
- Glutes
- Quads
Secondary muscles
- Lats
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Description and images from the open wger exercise database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (authors: M9, wger.de). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).