How to do the Kettlebell Snatch
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, kettlebell slightly ahead of you.
- Push your hips back, grip the handle, and send the kettlebell back high between your legs.
- Push through your feet and snap your hips, leading with the elbow as the kettlebell rises.
- Finish with your arm straight overhead, wrist neutral, and return the kettlebell down.
Full technique — 8 steps
- Stand with feet about hip to shoulder width apart and the kettlebell slightly in front.
- Hinge, grip the handle, and send the kettlebell back high between your legs.
- Drive forcefully through the floor and snap your hips to accelerate the kettlebell upward.
- Keep the kettlebell close to your body as it travels vertically, leading with the elbow.
- Punch your hand through at the top so the kettlebell wraps softly around the forearm.
- Finish with the arm straight overhead, wrist neutral, and ribs in line with your pelvis.
- Guide the kettlebell down from overhead, then hinge and receive it back into the backswing.
- Complete all reps on one side or switch hands between reps as programmed.
Common mistakes
- Throwing the kettlebell forward
- Muscling the lift with arm
- Letting the kettlebell slam the forearm
- Overextending the low back overhead
- Squatting instead of hinging
Form cues
- Snap the hips hard
- Keep kettlebell close
- Punch through the handle
- Keep ribs down overhead
- Catch bell over shoulder
