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Single Arm Pendulum Full Snatch

Also known as: GS Snatch, Sportstyle Snatch

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Feels Like

A crisp kettlebell drive through gs backswing and gs hip drive, then a controlled gs hinge drop return.

Exercise Execution (5 steps)

Execution
Return
Muscle targetas performed — open Program to explore
Biceps Femoris (Long Head)Prime
Deltoid (Anterior)Prime
Gluteus MaximusPrime
Rectus FemorisPrime
SemimembranosusPrime
SemitendinosusPrime
Vastus IntermediusPrime
Vastus LateralisPrime
Vastus MedialisPrime
Adductor Magnus2nd
Anconeus2nd
Coracobrachialis2nd
Flexor Digitorum Longus2nd
Flexor Hallucis Longus2nd
Gastrocnemius2nd
Pectoralis Major (Clavicular)2nd
Peroneus Brevis2nd
Peroneus Longus2nd
Plantaris2nd
Serratus Anterior2nd
Soleus2nd
Tibialis Posterior2nd
Trapezius (Lower)2nd
Trapezius (Upper)2nd
Triceps Brachii2nd
Stabilizers — held, not moved
Biceps BrachiiBiceps Femoris (Short Head)BrachialisBrachioradialisDeltoid (Posterior)Dorsal Interossei (Hand)External ObliqueFlexor Digiti Minimi Brevis (Hand)Flexor Digitorum ProfundusFlexor Digitorum SuperficialisGracilisIliacusIliocostalisInfraspinatusInternal ObliqueInterspinalesIntertransversariiLatissimus DorsiLongissimusLumbricals (Hand)MultifidusPalmar InterosseiPectineusPectoralis Major (Sternal)PopliteusPronator TeresPsoas MajorQuadratus LumborumRotatoresSartoriusSemispinalis ThoracisSpinalisSubscapularisSupraspinatusTensor Fasciae LataeTeres MajorTeres MinorTransversus Abdominis
Joint actions — updates with your dials
Hip ExtensionKnee ExtensionShoulder FlexionAnkle PlantarflexionElbow ExtensionScapular Upward RotationElbow FlexionFinger FlexionHip FlexionKnee FlexionShoulder ExtensionSpine ExtensionSpine Lateral Flexion RightSpine Rotation Right

Cues

Overhead

  1. 1

    Shoulders above hips.

    Cue by Taco Fleur

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Common Mistakes

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