Exercise guide

Muscle Snatch

CategoryOlympic Weightlifting EquipmentBarbell ForcePull MechanicCompound LevelIntermediate

How to do the Muscle Snatch: step-by-step instructions, muscles worked (Hamstrings), and equipment. Log it in Vantora.

How to perform the Muscle Snatch exercise

How to do the Muscle Snatch

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Continue raising the bar to the overhead position, without rebending the knees.

Muscles worked

hamstrings glutes lower back quadriceps shoulders triceps

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