Exercise Comparison
All Fours Quad Stretch vs Snatch Balance
Side-by-Side
Muscle Analysis
Shared
Only in All Fours Quad Stretch
Only in Snatch Balance
Instructions
All Fours Quad Stretch
Start off on your hands and knees, then lift your leg off the floor and hold the foot with your hand.
Use your hand to hold the foot or ankle, keeping the knee fully flexed, stretching the quadriceps and hip flexors.
Focus on extending your hips, thrusting them towards the floor. Hold for 10-20 seconds and then switch sides.
Snatch Balance
Begin with the feet in the pulling position, the bar racked across the back of the shoulders, and the hands placed in a wide snatch grip.
Pop the bar with an abrupt dip and drive of the knees, and aggressively drive under the bar, transitioning the feet into the receiving position.
Receive the bar locked out overhead near the bottom of the squat. The torso should remain vertical, lowering the hips between the legs.
Continue to descend to full depth, and return to a standing position. Carefully lower the weight.
Verdict
Both exercises target the quadriceps. All Fours Quad Stretch is a intermediate exercise using bodyweight, while Snatch Balance is intermediate and uses barbell. Choose All Fours Quad Stretch if you have access to bodyweight, or Snatch Balance if you prefer barbell.