How to do A Power Snatch: Step-By-Step & Video

Power Snatch Total Body Workout for Weight Loss

Power Snatch, a powerful total body exercise, working your hamstring, lower back, quads, abs, obliques, back, shoulders, triceps, biceps, and forearms. If you only have 5 minutes to get a workout in, doing a few sets of these will get your motor running!

Power Snatch Modifications

Based on your Fitness Level

Beginner: Even though you are a beginner you will want to use weight for this exercise. Start with a 5-pound dumbbell and go up from there, remember the goal is to have the last two reps be hard to push out. But focus on your form to ensure you are lifting with legs and arms, not your back.
Intermediate & Expert: Keeping an eye on form, use the heaviest weight you can use without compromising your back.

Step-By-Step Instruction to Complete a Power Snatch:

Stand with your legs a little wider the hip width apart.
Place the dumbbell on the floor between your feet. Descend your hips towards the floor until your knees are bent at 90-degrees.
Reaching down with your right hand grab the dumbbell.
Once you have grabbed the dumbbell quickly pull the dumbbell off the ground raising it towards the ceiling pulling over your head, while simultaneously extending your knees, straightening your legs, pushing through your hips and heels. (You want to keep the dumbbell as close to your body as possible to protect your back.)
Then bring the dumbbell back down to the ground in the reverse motion, setting the dumbbell on the ground.

That is one Power Snatch. Now grab the dumbbell with the left hand and follow the same steps. Alternating right to left. Complete recommended number of reps.

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