Snatch

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General info

Force type

Exercise type

Mechanics type

Level

Targeted muscles

Quads (look at the image)

Accessory muscles

Shoulders, Hamstrings, Lower Back, Glutes, Biceps, Traps

How to perform exercise

Place your feet at a shoulder width stance with the barbell resting right above the connection between the toes and the rest of the foot.
With a palms facing down grip, bend at the knees and keeping the back flat grab the bar using a wider than shoulder width grip. Bring the hips down and make sure that your body drops as if you were going to sit on a chair. This will be your starting position.
Start pushing the floor as if it were a moving platform with your feet and simultaneously start lifting the barbell keeping it close to your legs.
As the bar reaches the middle of your thighs, push the floor with your legs and lift your body to a complete extension in an explosive motion.
Lift your shoulders back in a shrugging movement as you bring the bar up while lifting your elbows out to the side and keeping them above the bar for as long as possible.
Now in a very quick but powerful motion, you have to get your body under the barbell when it has reached a high enough point where it can be controlled and drop while locking your arms and holding the barbell overhead as you assume a squat position.
Finalize the movement by rising up out of the squat position to finish the lift. At the end of the lift both feet should be on line and the arms fully extended holding the barbell overhead.

Caution: This is a very advanced exercise so be extremely careful with the

What muscles work?

If the correct technique is followed, the following muscle groups work: Quads, and auxiliary muscles: Shoulders, Hamstrings, Lower Back, Glutes, Biceps, Traps

Weight and number of repetitions

The number of repetitions and working weight depends on your goal and other parameters. But the general recommendations can be presented in the form of a table:

Goal	Sets	Reps	Weight, %1Rm	Rest between sets
Strength	2-6	1-5 reps	100-85%	3-7 min
Mass gain	3-6	6-12 reps	85-60%	1-4 min
Fat burning	2-4	13-25 reps	60-40%	1-2 min

In order to make the training more diverse and effective you have to change the number of repetitions and the working weight. It is important not to go beyond certain values!

Goal and number of variations		Level	Weight*	Reps*
			kg

*Specify the weight and the maximum number of repetitions that you can perform with this weight.

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Exercise substitutions

You can try replacing the exercise «Snatch» with one of these exercises. The possibility of replacement is determined on the basis of the muscle groups involved.