Snatch Deadlift

HamstringsBarbellIntermediateCompound
Snatch Deadlift — start position
Start
Snatch Deadlift — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryHamstrings
SecondaryForearms, Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower back, Quads, Traps

How to do it

  1. 01

    The snatch deadlift strengthens the first pull of the snatch. Begin with a wide snatch grip with the barbell placed on the platform. The feet should be directly under the hips, with the feet turned out. Squat down to the bar, keeping the back in absolute extension with the head facing forward.

  2. 02

    Initiate the movement by driving through the heels, raising the hips. The back angle should remain the same until the bar passes the knees.

  3. 03

    At that point, drive your hips through the bar as you lay back. Return the bar to the platform by reversing the motion.

In the app

Snatch Deadlift appears when you own a barbell and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have a barbell

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With barbell
With kettlebell
With bands

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