The Kettlebell Snatch Drop and Catch
by admin on June 20, 2009
averagetoelite asked:
This is a technique utilized in the descent portion of the kettlebell snatch. This technique will eliminate the friction from the palm of your hand and your calluses, saving you from nasty tears and blisters.
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I thank You Sir on behalf of all the victims of bad grip technique. We will pray to the iron gods that they grant you powers to accomplish this noble task.
Farewell iron Brother.
Fine, fine! I’ll re do it!
The video was fine when I put it up, something about the upgrades youtube did threw the sound out of sync. I’ll put up a new version in the next month or so.
This topic is very important for many people but the quality of sound on this video is terrible. Dude, can you make another video clip on this topic.
Anyway thanks for this.
excellent video, shame about the lip synch, but yeah ive only just started with kettlebells and was looking for a way to avoid killing my hands so nice one!
yeah thanks,
I’ve just finished 20 mins of snatching and my hands are in bits…..
You start to lose grip too because of the force of the weight pulling downwards any ideas? I know this is a proven formula but one I find takes practice on a massive scale.
Happy to help.
Thank you very much for this post, mate. It looks like it’s going to be a life … err, hand-saver.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
are you filing your calouses down so they don’t get caught?
As I mentioned in our correspondence, I have been taping and sock sleeving. Even with this as I tire, the bell starts to catch in my palm and crimp the tape causing some discomfort. To remedy this I started using a variant of your release and catch technique where I loosen my grip on the descent and only maintain contact with a GS like thumb-index-middle finger grip.
Bell size makes a huge difference. I can go raw for long sets with a 16kg but the 24kg rips me up without proper protection.
thanks 4 the quick response..
For most the answer is the corkscrew as it saves your grip. For most people that is the negating factor. Hard-Style (flip) is good for practice, but if your grip and strength and conditioning is up to the task you’ll be able to snatch faster hard-style and get more reps. Again, for most that doesn’t work out and corkscrew is the way to go.
What do you think is much better if you’re aiming for reps in the snatch? The flip technique or the corkscrew?
No problem, thanks for the positive comment.
well explained.. tnx 4 posting..
Thanks. The technique does help a lot with the long sets.
Good advice and well presented. I’ve been doing this. . .sort of. Now I’ll make more of a conscious effort. I did 5 minutes of snatches with my 20kg bell today and this would have definately helped.
Note: KB swings are also great for your grip strength. Do 40-50 swings with 1 minute active rest periods, (burpees, mountain climbers, jumping jacks, etc.) for 12 minutes and that will SUMM-OKE! your grip.
Thanks for posting.