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One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch

How to do the One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Shoulders

Secondary

Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower Back, Traps, Triceps

Equipment

Kettlebells

Step by step

How to do the One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch

  1. 1

    Place a kettlebell between your feet. Bend your knees and push your butt back to get in the proper starting position.

  2. 2

    Look straight ahead and swing the kettlebell back between your legs.

  3. 3

    Immediately reverse the direction and drive through with your hips and knees, accelerating the kettlebell upward. As the kettlebell rises to your shoulder rotate your hand and punch straight up, using momentum to receive the weight locked out overhead.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your shoulders volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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