The Kettlebell Snatch: A Simple Tool for Complex Benefits

Kettlebell snatches are good for a lot more than conditioning, but there's more to them than "a swing that ends up overhead."

It's been thirteen years since I did my first RKC (Russian Kettlebell Certification). I wasn't completely sold on the idea of kettlebells at first, mostly because I was looking at the individual exercises and not the system of movement that was created around this single, simple implement. What made me come around on kettlebells wasn't an Eastern European secret, or a nostalgic tie to old strongmen. It was simply how kettlebells made great functional training more accessible and helped me create better training solutions.

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