Snatch Exercises.
Hang Snatch
The Hang Snatch is executed just like the Snatch except instead of the lift starting from the floor, the athlete will stand up with the bar and then lower to some specified point in relation to the legs (off of the floor).
Tall Muscle Snatch
The Tall Muscle Snatch is a great warm-up exercise to help you keep the bar close during the 3rd Pull of the Snatch.
Snatch High Pull
The Snatch High Pull is a great exercise to work on the timing of the leg and hip extension into the 3rd pull with the arms and also to practice guiding the bar straight up with the elbows up and out.
Pressing Snatch Balance
The Pressing Snatch Balance is a great warm up exercise to help you get your body ready to receive the bar in the Snatch with proper upright torso position. This will also be a good exercise to help activate the upper back and overhead position.
Tall Snatch
The Tall Snatch starts from a fully upright position and is executed by initiating the movement by picking up the feet and pulling up on the bar simultaneously. There should be no counter movement via knee bending or hip hinging to put upward force on the bar. The technique of this exercise can quickly become compromised if too much weight is added.
Power Snatch
The Power Snatch is a necessary exercise for Weightlifting training. The Power Snatch is a variation where the bar is received higher than a full Snatch (where the hips stay above the level of the knee). There are two objectives: to get the bar high and to get under the bar quickly.
Muscle Snatch
The muscle Snatch is a great exercise to help work on keeping a straight bar path and also to keep a close bar-to-body relationship. This will inherently help the athlete get the feeling of keeping upward tension on the bar as they turn the bar over to the overhead position.
Snatch Lift-off
This exercise is similar to the Halting Snatch Deadlift but refers strictly to strengthening the initial lift off of the floor. The weight is lifted only a couple inches off of the floor and held for a certain amount of time before returning back to the starting position.
Dip Snatch
The Dip Snatch can be used as a warm up ("primer") exercise or a more loaded exercise for building power and strength. The movement started from a fully upright position. The athlete begins by dipping straight down with a vertical torso (similar to the dip of the Jerk) and continues into the 2nd Pull, proceeding down into the full squat position.
Deficit Snatch
This exercise is performed exactly like the regular Snatch from the floor except with the feet elevated on a box or plates (sometimes referred to a "riser"). The "riser" should be approximately 2 inches. The purpose of this exercise is to build strength when pulling off of the floor.
Snatch Push Jerk in Squat
This exercise is typically used as a warm-up exercise to work on punching up on the bar and getting a good solid lock out while maintaining a strong bottom position.
Snatch Press in Squat
This exercise is typically used as a warm up to practice good posture in the bottom of the squat. This will also help activate the upper back and shoulders.
Pause Snatch
The Pause Snatch is performed exactly like a regular full Snatch except that the athlete will pause at some point on the way up. Where and how long to pause can vary.
3-position Snatch
Snatch from three different positions in relation to where the bar will start. Typically the three positions are done either from a high hang position and work down to the floor for the last one or vice versa.
Snatch
The Snatch is the first lift in Olympic Weightlifting competition. This is also commonly referred to as the "Squat Snatch" opposing the historically common use of the split-style Snatch. This bar starts from the floor and is received overhead in the full squat position or where the athlete receives the bar and "rides" the bar down into the full squat position.
Snatch Pull
The Snatch Pull is another exercise that is crucial for weightlifting training. This exercise helps strengthen the power of the leg and hip extension in the 2nd Pull of the movement. Typically done at higher percentages sometimes exceeding 100% of best Snatch.