A simple and effective approach to building your kettlebell snatch power comes from Olympic weightlifting: heavy singles and doubles on the minute (OTM). It goes at least as far back as the 1960s and respected American coach Joe Mills. It is still in use today because serious strength athletes do not train according to the fashion of the day but do what works. E.g., Kazakhstan’s national team has had great success snatching for 10–20 sets of 1–2 reps with weights ranging from 80% 1RM all the way to the max. Since measuring your max single is neither safe nor practical in the kettlebell snatch, use weights ranging from 8-10RM (the heaviest bell you can put up in perfect form 8-10 times) to as close to your estimated maximum you can get with 100% confidence. E.g., you can snatch 40kg x 9RM with your left and you are right hand dominant. After your standard warm-up do a specific warm-up, 24kg x 5/2 (reps/sets), 32kg x 3/2, rest for a few minutes, and start the clock. Do a set on the minute, alternating arms: left on the odd minutes and right on the even ones. Your session might look like this: |