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Bill Starr on the Split Snatch

July 6, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Stan Stanczyk Split Snatching Bill Starr wrote a nice article on the Split Snatch. Even though you rarely see it performed nowadays, the split snatch will help you to develop “an extremely high degree of foot speed, timing, coordination, agility, balance and a large dose of courage”. He goes into the history of the lift, why it […]

Filed Under: articles, exercises, lifting, Mark Rippetoe, snatch, starting strength, videos, weightlifting, worth a read

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