It works your lower body, upper body, and core with every rep.

It will strengthen your muscles and get your heart pumping.

Whats not to love?

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Its acompound movement, which means it combines several exercises into one.

The snatch is a really awesome, explosive, and powerful full-body movement,SessiontrainerKat Atienzasays.

But it does have a lot of complicated parts to it.

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According toMaillard Howell, owner ofDean CrossFitand founder ofThe Beta Way, a dumbbell snatch involves three separate elements.

A lot of complicated parts means you just have to break the dumbbell snatch down, step by step.

Heres how to do the dumbbell snatch

1.

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Hinge, dont squat

The first segment of this move resembles a dead lift.

Atienza recommends mastering this hinge section first.

You should feel the hamstrings activate if youre doing it correctly.

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Pull, dont curl

You might be tempted to enlist your biceps for the second part of this move.

The work should be in your core, not the biceps.

To hoist it up there, some people will press the weight overhead and lean to the side.

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