Turkish get up tutorial

 Here is a kettlebell Turkish get up tutorial video with 7 variations, including one for those who have shoulder problems. While the get up is not an absolutely essential kettlebell exercise, it certainly is popular. Countless articles have been written about its merits and how to perform the perfect get, yet many people still struggle with it. Once you apply the tips in this tutorial, and forget about the hype of one variation over another, you’ll find out how to easily lift more kgs.

In my opinion, the Turkish Get up is more of a display of strength and athleticism than a strength builder. If you’re strong and mobile, once you know the movement inside out, you’ll easily and rapidly come to lift heavy kettlebells.

Like most free weight exercises, the Turkish Get Up  requires focus, awareness and mobility, but even more so because of the complexity of the movement, and the fact (even if rare) that you could drop the kettlebell on your head…

I think  the  value of the Turkish Get Up lays in the fact that it gets us to move differently than during more traditional exercises.
For the first, our feet are not held statically in place while we stand up and push weights, so there is an element of locomotion.
We are supporting a load while moving, so it is a loaded carry of sorts.
We raise and lower our level of gravity with a load.
The Get Up involves rotation and a side bend.

Adding just a few reps here and there of a Turkish Get Up (or some other non conventional exercises) might address quite a few things that you probably never think about in your program. A little can go a long way.
Now, if you fall prey to the functional  fitness trend and only perform funky exercises, well let’s say, you probably will never develop a lot of strength.

I never trained specifically for this 40kg attempt. This is the heaviest kettlebell I own. I basically did 1 rep each side at each of the different weights in my warm ups maybe twice a week. On days I felt good I’d try a little heavier. As I grew stronger from the other lifts, my TGU went up as well without trying.