Power snatch

How to do it

1. Stand with the bar over your midfoot and take a very wide snatch grip.
2. With a flat back and extended arms, lift the bar off the floor close to your body.
3. As it passes your knees, explosively extend hips, knees and ankles while shrugging.
4. Pull the bar up close to your body and drop under with your arms.
5. Catch the bar with arms locked overhead in a quarter squat.
6. Stabilize the load overhead and stand tall with elbows locked.

Common mistakes

• Grip too narrow to lock out overhead
• Pulling with the arms before hip extension
• Catching the bar in front of your head

Other variations

• Kettlebell snatch