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Barbell Muscle Snatch

Main muscle
Front Delts
Muscle group
Shoulders
Equipment
Barbell

How to do it

  1. 1Set up over the bar with a wide, snatch-width grip.
  2. 2Extend your hips and knees explosively to accelerate the bar upward.
  3. 3Continue pulling the bar high using your arms as it rises.
  4. 4Rotate your elbows around and punch the bar overhead to lockout.
  5. 5Lower the bar back down under control.

Coaching cues

  • Extend hips explosively
  • Pull the bar high
  • Punch to lockout
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