Barbell Power Snatch
- With your feet shoulder-width apart, bend down from the knees, driving the hips back and keep your back flat.
- Grab a barbell with an overhand grip that is shoulder width apart.
- Push off the floor while simultaneously lifting the barbell upward, keeping it close to your body.
- Explosively, pull the barbell up and push it above your head as you allow your hips to dip back towards the ground.
- Stand up to finish the movement.
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Barbell power snatch is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and also involves abs and biceps and chest and hamstrings and shoulders and triceps. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Roundhouse / side kicks, piriformis stretch and front barbell squats are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as barbell power snatch. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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