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Kettlebell Snatch

Compound hip hinge exercise using kettlebell.
Kettlebell Snatch demonstration (no audio).
Movement pattern
Hip Hinge
Difficulty
Advanced
Equipment
Kettlebell
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Unilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Kettlebell Snatch

Cues reviewed by Kwabena Osei on

Setup

Stand with the kettlebell between your feet, hips hinged back slightly, like the start of a swing.

  1. Drive your hips forward explosively to send the bell upward, keeping it close to your body on the way up.

  2. As the bell approaches shoulder height, punch your hand up and through so the bell flips around your wrist and lands softly overhead with your arm locked out.

  3. Keep your core braced and your shoulder packed (not shrugged) at the top lockout.

Common mistakes

  • Pulling the bell up with your arm like a curl instead of letting your hip drive do the work of getting it to shoulder height.

  • Letting the bell crash down onto your forearm at the top instead of punching through to meet it with a soft, controlled catch.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Hip extensionprimary action

    Gluteus maximus (prime mover, high emphasis); Biceps femoris long head (prime mover, high emphasis); Semimembranosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Semitendinosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Adductor magnus (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Shoulder flexionprimary action

    Anterior deltoid (prime mover, high emphasis); Medial deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Supraspinatus (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula upward rotationsecondary action

    Serratus anterior (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

    Erector spinae (stabilizer, high emphasis); Quadratus lumborum (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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