Snatch

The queen of the Olympic lifts — the snatch. With an average time of 1.5 seconds to complete the lift, the snatch is widely considered the fastest and most powerful lift in the world — it’s also the most technical and requires skill, precision, and requisite strength. At the CrossFit Semifinals in Event 5, individual athletes progressed through a snatch ladder, increasing in weight and decreasing in reps, as fast as possible — an event first introduced at the 2016 CrossFit Regional. The Snatch: CrossFit Foundational Movement → What Is A Snatch? → #CrossFit #CrossFitSemifinals #CrossFitGames — The CrossFit Games are the ultimate proving grounds for the Fittest Man and Fittest Woman on Earth™ and are world-renowned as the definitive test of fitness. Every year since 2007, fans from around the world have attended the multi-day sporting event, streamed