Turkish Get-up Follow-up

Awhile ago I quietly updated my Turkish Get-up post by adding a link to an Art of Strength video clip. I finally tried their approach to the TGU myself, and it's well worth a special post to call your attention to it.

Often TGU instructions are along the lines of "get up any way you can", which is how I did it. My own way of getting my feet under me felt particularly awkward though, and put a lot of shear stress on my knees, as my legs were almost completely folded at one point with my weight well behind my center of gravity (I'll leave it to your imagination). The Art of Strength approach solves that for me, although I did have to cut the amount of weight I use in half initially to get the mechanics down. That kick-through move seemed odd, but now that I've got it down I really like it. I like the way it gets my legs under my cleanly, provides a nice balance movement, and makes you flex through the lower back and shoulders.

Anyway, give it a shot. Even if you use light weight it's a nice full-body coordination movement.