Benefts of the Muscle Snatch source: @barbend The Benefits of the Muscle Snatch. The muscle snatch is a snatch variation that is often used by coaches to prime the snatching movement, increase pullingstrength, and enhance snatch mechanics and fluidity throughout the pull and turnover. The muscle snatch can prepare all the muscles in the upper back and shoulders for heavier snatch sessions. By performing muscle snatches with lighter relative loads during the warm-up, you can increase the upper and lower back engagement, triceps, shoulders, chest, and more; all of which need to be maximally recruited during heavier lifts. Similar to the power snatch and other light movements, the muscle snatch can be a great way to train the general movement patterning needed to snatch (the pulling phase, not the absorption of load overhead in the squat position phase) during times of tapering, recovery weeks, and/or warm-ups. By using muscle snatches, coaches and athletes can still train pulling strength, aggression, and technical mastery of certain phases of the lift (set up, first pull, second pull, some of the turnover/third pull) while allowing for some recovery and neural adaptation to occur in times an athlete may need decreased intensities and volumes. thanks to: for inspiring this post. #gym #fitness #workout #exercise #athletictraining #sportsperformance #weightlifting #functionalstrength #gymlife #strong #snatch #powersnatch #musclesnatch #weightliftingmotivation #explosivepower #fullbodypower #functionalpower #kineticchain #crossfit #olympiclifting #fitfam #fitspo #sportstraining #personaltrainer #athleticeatery #toronto #theapcomplex #warriorlife #lift #muscle (at Toronto, Ontario)
