Split Snatch

Trains the Hamstrings.

Equipment
A barbell
Mechanic
Compound
Force
Pull
Level
Advanced
Split Snatch: the muscles it trains, from behind. Primary — Biceps Femoris (Long Head), Biceps Femoris (Short Head), Semitendinosus and Semimembranosus. Also worked — Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Forearm Flexors, Forearm Extensors and 17 more.Split Snatch: the muscles it trains, from the front. Primary — Biceps Femoris (Long Head), Biceps Femoris (Short Head), Semitendinosus and Semimembranosus. Also worked — Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Forearm Flexors, Forearm Extensors and 17 more.
The muscles this trains, front and back. Deeper red is primary.

How to do it

  1. Set up over the bar with a wide snatch grip, feet about hip-width apart, back flat and shoulders over the bar.
  2. Push the floor away and drive the hips through, keeping the bar brushing the thighs.
  3. As the hips finish, shrug and pull the elbows high and wide.
  4. Split the feet, one forward and one back, while punching the arms to lock the bar overhead.
  5. Receive the bar overhead in the split with the torso upright and the arms locked.
  6. Recover the front foot back, then the back foot forward, and stand with the bar overhead.

Common mistakes

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary