Sunday, December 23, 2007

Turkish Get-Ups


A pretty slow day altogether. Did a number of body weight exercises for time to try and keep on the right track. Also received a question today about our rolling get-ups and the Turkish get-up. I've attached a java slideshow link here as a reasonably good example of how to do it with an Olympic bar. If you look at it frame-by-frame you can see how it combines a number of different exercises in one dynamic whole. Please check out this Youtube example of the Turkish get-up - I would prefer that we perform the step in five stages as opposed to the slide show demonstration of four stages. Find that point where you are looking straight up at the weight with your arms in a straight line. Try it with your shoe or a 5 lbs weight to begin with and gradually progress to a kettlebell or barbell. Should be really challenging!