Kettlebell (Double) Snatch
A step-by-step form guide from the Ægir Iron exercise library: how to do the lift, what to watch for, and the muscles it trains.
- Equipment
- Kettlebell
This is a technical lift, best learned under a coach’s eye before loading heavy.
HOW TO PERFORM
- Take a kettlebell in each hand with the feet wide enough for both bells to pass between the knees, and hike them back.
- Snap the hips forward and let the bells travel up close to the body, pulling the elbows high as they pass the chest.
- PUNCH both hands up through the handles as the bells go overhead, finishing with the arms locked by the ears.
- Guide them back down into the next hinge.
FORM TIPS
- One movement from the hinge to overhead with no press at the top. If you have to press them out, the hips did not finish.
TARGET MUSCLES
Primary
- Glutes
- Shoulders
- Hamstrings
Secondary
- Traps
- Lower Back
- Forearms
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