Legs · Kettlebell
Kettlebell Double Snatch
How to do the kettlebell double snatch, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Kettlebell
- Difficulty
- Expert
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Hinge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand with two kettlebells between your feet, hips back and chest up. Explosively extend your hips and knees to drive both bells straight overhead in one motion, punching your hands through so the bells settle on the backs of your forearms. Lock out overhead, then guide them back down to reset.
- 1Feel your legs and hips generate force to drive both bells from floor to
- 2overhead
- 3Punch your hands up through the bells to avoid banging your wrists
- 4Lock out both arms and stack the bells over your shoulders at the top
Common mistakes
- Avoid muscling the bells up with your arms; drive with the hips
- Don't round your back; hinge at the hips on the descent
- Avoid letting the bells flip over and crash onto your wrists
Muscles worked
The kettlebell double snatch mainly works the glutes, with the lower back, upper traps, upper abs, lower abs, quads, hamstrings, front delts, triceps, forearms, lats, calves, and side delts assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- LatsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Side DeltsSupport
- Upper ChestMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.