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Kettlebell snatch
Legs · Kettlebell
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps4 to 8
RIR1 to 3
A heavy multi-joint lift with free weights. Keep a rep or two in reserve on most sets so technique holds.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Glutes, Hamstrings.
Secondary: Side delts, Forearms.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Kettlebell-rykk
- Swedish Kettlebell-ryck
- Danish Kettlebell snatch
- German Kettlebell Snatch
- Spanish Arrancada con kettlebell
- Italian Strappo con kettlebell
- Portuguese Arranco com kettlebell
- Russian Рывок гири
- French Arraché (kettlebell)
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