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Snatch Balance
Snatch Balance is a intermediate olympic weightlifting exercise using barbell. It works the quadriceps, with help from the calves, glutes, hamstrings, shoulders and triceps.
intermediatebarbellpush movementcompoundolympic weightlifting
- Main muscles
- quadriceps
- Also works
- calves, glutes, hamstrings, shoulders, triceps
How to do it
- Begin with the feet in the pulling position, the bar racked across the back of the shoulders, and the hands placed in a wide snatch grip.
- Pop the bar with an abrupt dip and drive of the knees, and aggressively drive under the bar, transitioning the feet into the receiving position.
- Receive the bar locked out overhead near the bottom of the squat. The torso should remain vertical, lowering the hips between the legs.
- Continue to descend to full depth, and return to a standing position. Carefully lower the weight.
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- Jerk Dip Squat · barbell, intermediate
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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).