The snatch is awesome and effective. But as in all lifts, especially one that ends with a heavy piece of iron over your head, it is important to learn and perform this lift corrrectly. 

Begin the movement by initiating your hip drive. This needs to be FORCEFUL and POWERFUL. You are literally blasting the kettlebell up by will of hips alone. As the kettlebell comes up over your head, dip down slightly under the bell and drive your fist up towards the sky and stand tall.  This will allow the kettlebell to gently flip over your wrist.  This is the difference between the snatch and the high pull.  This part of the lift will take a little practice as most newbie’s tend to allow the bell to smack against their wrist.   A couple of these with bad form and a heavy kettlebell will wake you up to the advantages of proper technique in a hurry. 

Check out Adam Fowler in this Kettlebell workout video. In the video a 12kg kettlebell is used to do KB snatch.

The snatch is the evolution of the swing, press, and clean, this is why Adam loves the exercise, it has it all.

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