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Barbell Muscle Snatch
- Main muscle
- Front Delts
- Muscle group
- Shoulders
- Equipment
- Barbell
How to do it
- 1Set up over the bar with a wide, snatch-width grip.
- 2Extend your hips and knees explosively to accelerate the bar upward.
- 3Continue pulling the bar high using your arms as it rises.
- 4Rotate your elbows around and punch the bar overhead to lockout.
- 5Lower the bar back down under control.
Coaching cues
- Extend hips explosively
- Pull the bar high
- Punch to lockout
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