Muscle Snatch
Muscle Snatch is a compound olympic weightlifting exercise using barbell that trains the hamstrings.
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Primary muscles: Hamstrings
Secondary muscles: Glutes, Lower Back, Quadriceps, Shoulders, Triceps
How to do it
- Begin with a loaded barbell held at the mid thigh position with a wide grip. The feet should be directly below the hips, with the feet turned out as needed. Lower the hips, with the chest up and the head looking forward. The shoulders should be just in front of the bar. This will be the starting position.
- Begin the pull by driving through the front of the heels, raising the bar. Transition into the second pull by extending through the hips knees and ankles, driving the bar up as quickly as possible. The bar should be close to the body.
- Continue raising the bar to the overhead position, without rebending the knees.
Track it with MyoAmigo
MyoAmigo pre-fills every set of the Muscle Snatch from last time, charts your estimated 1RM trend so you can see strength move without testing a true max, and flags a stall with a concrete fix. It also credits this work toward your weekly Hamstrings volume on the MyoMap heatmap. New to the movement? Start with picking a working weight and progressive overload.
