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Heaving Snatch Balance

Heaving Snatch Balance is a intermediate olympic weightlifting exercise using barbell. It works the quadriceps, with help from the abdominals, forearms, glutes, hamstrings, shoulders and triceps.

intermediatebarbellpush movementcompoundolympic weightlifting

Main muscles
quadriceps
Also works
abdominals, forearms, glutes, hamstrings, shoulders, triceps

How to do it

  1. This drill helps you learn the snatch. Begin by holding a light weight across the back of the shoulders. Your feet should be slightly wider than hip width apart with the feet turned out, the same position that you would perform a squat with.
  2. Begin by dipping with the knees slightly, and popping back up to briefly unload the bar. Drive yourself underneath the bar, elevating it overhead as you descend into a full squat.
  3. Return to a standing position.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

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