Legs · Kettlebell
Kettlebell One Arm Snatch
How to do the kettlebell one arm snatch, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Kettlebell
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Hinge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand with a kettlebell between your feet, hips back and chest up. Explosively extend your hips and pull the bell up in one motion, punching your hand through so it settles on the back of your forearm overhead. Lock out, then guide the bell back down between your legs to repeat.
- 1Feel your hips and hamstrings drive the bell from the floor to overhead
- 2Punch your hand up through the bell to avoid banging your wrist
- 3Lock out your arm and stack the bell over your shoulder at the top
Common mistakes
- Avoid curling or muscling the bell up; drive it with your hips
- Don't round your back; keep the hinge sharp
- Avoid letting the bell flip over and crash onto your wrist
Muscles worked
The kettlebell one arm snatch mainly works the glutes and hamstrings, with the lower back, upper traps, upper abs, lower abs, quads, front delts, triceps, forearms, lats, obliques, calves, and side delts assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- HamstringsPrimary
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- LatsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Side DeltsSupport
- Upper ChestMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.