Live Webinar with Sam Ciaccia, PA-C · CSCS
SNATCHED
Why Your Overhead Mobility Is Killing Your Kettlebell Snatch - and What to Do About It
Friday, August 14, 2026 · 12:00 PM EST · Live Webinar · $47
Includes lifetime access to the replay.
Sound familiar?
Your snatch can only go as far as your overhead mobility allows.
You've drilled the swing. You've worked the hip hinge. You've watched the videos and practiced the cues. And still - when the bell reaches overhead, something doesn't feel right.
The lockout is shaky. The bell drifts forward. Your lower back takes a hit. Or maybe you just can't get the bell where it's supposed to go no matter what you try.
Here's what most coaches and athletes miss:
The snatch ‘problem’ usually isn't starting at the snatch.
It's starting at the overhead position. Specifically - at your ability to reach, stack, and stabilize with a fully loaded arm overhead. And that ability depends almost entirely on the mobility of your rib cage, your thoracic spine, and your pelvis.
If any one of those is restricted, the body finds a way around it. It compensates. It borrows from somewhere else. And those compensations show up in your snatch - as shakiness, pain, inconsistency, or a ceiling you can't seem to break through.
Why I’m teaching this
I know this problem firsthand. Literally.
In 2023, I underwent a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction following a breast cancer diagnosis. Since that surgery, my body has changed in ways I didn't anticipate - and one of the most significant has been my overhead range of motion.
The anterior chest wall compression from surgery created a forward head lean, a slight hyperkyphotic thoracic spine, and a significant restriction in how high I can reach overhead. Something I never struggled with before.
As a PA-C and strength coach, I understood exactly what was happening anatomically. But understanding it and fixing it are two different things.
What I've learned through this process - through my own assessments, my own corrective work, and years of coaching hundreds of movers and coaches - is that overhead restriction is far more common than people realize. And it shows up in far more places than just the snatch.
Whether it's from surgery, years of sitting at a desk, looking at your phone, or simply how your body has learned to move - the pattern is the same. And it's fixable.
That's what this webinar is about.
Sam Ciaccia is a PA-C, CSCS, and the founder of Bell Mechanics — a kettlebell education system built at the intersection of clinical medicine and coaching practice, trusted by coaches and movers around the world.
Inside the webinar
What you'll walk away with
This is a 90-minute live education session. You will leave with a clear framework you can use immediately, whether you're a coach working with clients or an athlete trying to fix your own movement.
✓ Why limited overhead range of motion is more common - and more disguised - than most people realize
✓ The anatomy behind what should be happening when you go overhead, and where it breaks down
✓ A live overhead self-assessment you can run on yourself during the webinar
✓ The most common compensations the body uses to "fake" overhead mobility - and how to spot them in yourself and your clients
✓ Why the rib cage is the key to overhead mobility - and what happens when it's stiff or compressed
✓ Targeted exercises for rib cage expansion, thoracic rotation, and muscle-tension release
✓ How the hip-pelvis relationship affects your overhead position — and your snatch
✓ Sam's personal posture assessment, corrective sequence, and progress — including the impact of her double mastectomy and cesarean section on her movement
✓ A live practice round: run through the assessment and exercises together as a group
This is for you if…
✓ You train with kettlebells and your snatch has a ceiling you can't break through
✓You've been told your technique is "fine" but the lift still doesn't feel right
✓You sit at a desk, look at your phone often, or have ever had surgery - and you suspect your posture is affecting your movement
✓ You're a coach who wants to understand what's actually happening upstream when a client's snatch breaks down
✓ You've had breast surgery, shoulder surgery, or any procedure that changed your anterior chest wall or posture
✓ You want to train smarter - understanding your body's compensations before loading them further
SNATCHED
Live Webinar with Sam Ciaccia, PA-C · CSCS
Friday, August 14, 2026 · 12:00 PM EST
$47
Can't make it live? Register anyway — Includes lifetime access to the replay.
Your instructor
Meet Sam Ciaccia
PA-C · CSCS · Founder, Bell Mechanics
Sam is a Physician Assistant and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist who spent years in emergency medicine before pivoting to full-time coaching and education.
She founded Bell Mechanics to fill a gap she saw in fitness education — a place where the biomechanics, anatomy, and clinical precision of medicine met the real-world demands of coaching. Over the past several years, she has trained coaches and movers around the world through Bell Mechanics' courses, certifications, and mentorship programs.
Sam's approach is grounded in one principle: understand the body before you load it. Every cue, every progression, every exercise she teaches comes from that framework - built over a decade of coaching, clinical practice, and her own movement journey.
SNATCHED is a direct product of that journey - including the personal chapters she didn't plan for.
Questions
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Not at all. This webinar is built for both coaches and movers - anyone who trains with kettlebells and wants to understand what their overhead mobility is doing to their movement. If you snatch, press, or go overhead at all, this is relevant to you.
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No. The content is accessible whether you're currently snatching or working toward it. The mobility principles apply to any overhead movement - pressing, TGUs, overhead squats, and more.
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Register and the replay will be delivered to your inbox within 24 hours of the live session. You'll have lifetime access to watch it as many times as you want.
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Yes - there is a dedicated Q&A portion at the end of the webinar.
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Yes. This webinar is a standalone educational event - you do not need to be enrolled in Bell Mechanics to attend. That said, everything covered in SNATCHED is a piece of what we go deep on inside the Bell Mechanics Course, which enrollment is open & begins on September 14, 2026.
Your snatch has a ceiling. Let's find out why.
One webinar. One mobility framework.
And the clinical reasoning behind every piece of it - from a PA-C who has lived this problem herself.
Friday, August 14, 2026 · 12:00 PM EST · $47
Includes lifetime access to the replay.