This is seriously the most underrated channel on kettlebells. Excellent explanation of the subtleties of the snatch...you make something difficult look so effortless.
I love your teaching style man. I got to know you through the Lebe Stark guys from Switzerland. A little question regarding the shoulder packing. Guys like Mark Rippetoe keep teeling, that the shoulder packing (pulling the shoulders back + down) can lead to shoulder impingement when doing presses for example. He's a proponent of shrugging the shoulders when doing overhead work. I wonder what your opinion is on this matter. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Germany!
Shrugging the shoulders while pressing simply does not make sense if you are after strength and stability. With the lats, the shoulders are stronger and less vulnerable. Try it yourself, we know from experience.
Pressing with a barbell is different than kettlebell. To properly finish repetition keeping the barbell over the middle of your foot you have to shrug. When your both hands are in the same fixed object the shrug creates stability. Kettlebell is a different beast.
Just do half snatch. Lower it to the shoulder before dropping it. Risk v reward and dropping a bell from height has literally no benefits. Longevity with shoulder and elbow health is where its at
I am finding that I do bang my right side forearm pretty often. My left side is less of an issue, so the cues are helpful, thank you. If I am seeing it correctly (the movement is so fast) you are actually flipping the bell as the hand comes up, at ‘about’ shoulder height, instead of at the top. Am I seeing that correctly?
Nice….except I notice you do the snatch correctly with the KB by keeping the elbow within the line of your body. But when you demonstrate it without the KB your bent elbow is outside the line and this is not good for the shoulders if people snatch the KB by letting the bent elbow past the side of the torso on the upward AND the downward swing.
This is seriously the most underrated channel on kettlebells. Excellent explanation of the subtleties of the snatch...you make something difficult look so effortless.
Thank you so much 🙏🙏
"You have to be faster than the kettlebell", thanks that was an effective cue.
Best instruction I've seen on my favorite lift.
Thx!
Very detailed, very awesome.
Love your channel.
Love the analogies, thanks.
Great tutorial! Thanks Coach!
Amazing Coach💫🔥
🙏🙏
Thank you Louka !
just ordered my first kettlebell and I'm definitely going to have to work on my technique to keep the kettlebell from slamming into my forearm 😕
Excellent!
I love your teaching style man. I got to know you through the Lebe Stark guys from Switzerland. A little question regarding the shoulder packing. Guys like Mark Rippetoe keep teeling, that the shoulder packing (pulling the shoulders back + down) can lead to shoulder impingement when doing presses for example. He's a proponent of shrugging the shoulders when doing overhead work. I wonder what your opinion is on this matter. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Germany!
Shrugging the shoulders while pressing simply does not make sense if you are after strength and stability. With the lats, the shoulders are stronger and less vulnerable.
Try it yourself, we know from experience.
Pressing with a barbell is different than kettlebell. To properly finish repetition keeping the barbell over the middle of your foot you have to shrug. When your both hands are in the same fixed object the shrug creates stability. Kettlebell is a different beast.
Thanks for your instructions. My problem being too slow downward which always resulted in a very unpleasent pull in the shoulder! Fixing that now :)
Just do half snatch. Lower it to the shoulder before dropping it. Risk v reward and dropping a bell from height has literally no benefits. Longevity with shoulder and elbow health is where its at
Excellent video, on a side note. Do you sell your wall posters?
Not yet. But planning to in the near future
I am finding that I do bang my right side forearm pretty often. My left side is less of an issue, so the cues are helpful, thank you. If I am seeing it correctly (the movement is so fast) you are actually flipping the bell as the hand comes up, at ‘about’ shoulder height, instead of at the top. Am
I seeing that correctly?
Pretty much!
Dead snatch or pendulum snatch. Which one is better
Depends on your goals
What's that link
Nice….except I notice you do the snatch correctly with the KB by keeping the elbow within the line of your body. But when you demonstrate it without the KB your bent elbow is outside the line and this is not good for the shoulders if people snatch the KB by letting the bent elbow past the side of the torso on the upward AND the downward swing.
Looks dangerous to be honest, especially someone with a dodgy wrist.
Dangerous for you, not for me.