Kettlebell Exercise: A Different Type of Get-up
June 22, 2009 by admin
The Kettlebell Turkish Get-up has become a staple in many combat sports and martial arts conditioning programs…and I don’t think that it’s going anywhere any time soon.
Combat athletes love their Turkish Get-ups..and I completely understand why!
This Get-up variation showed up while I was working with a small group of wrestlers. Even though I taught and showed the traditional Turkish Get-up numerous times there was one wrestler who revert back to the variation I demo in the video below.
I’m not convinced it’s any better or any worse than other Get-up variations…I just found it interested so I thought I would pass it on.
Enjoy.
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Jason, interesting low TGU! I like it brother!!!!!
Hey Franz,
Gracias Hermano! Have you tried it? I’m not sold on it but I thought it was cool that this pattern was engrained in our wrestlers system.
I know you love these discussions…any thought?
It almost makes sense to stay lower to the ground… It almost seemed to tie in with a side plank. I will have to try that one.
In regards to ground fighting, staying tight, not giving your opponent any openings, but still being able to move around him and put him into submission is vital.
He must use what works with as little movement as possible, so I can see where training the low TGU can come into play.
However, I feel that you put your hips, core, and shoulder in greater range of motion w/ the traditional TGU, developing better mobility and strength. I’m not totally convinced either. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, but if it works for him, go for it.
Hey Chris,
Good observation with the side plank. You could work some Gladiator Press variations from there as well.
Hey Doug,
Thanks for sharin your thoughts.Have you tried it out?
As a former wrestler, high school, and college, I can totally
see why that wrestler kept doing his own version of the get up. We all learn in our own way and maybe this
wrestler was a ground grappler and felt more comfortable staying down. I was a take down artist and if you were
teaching me the TG in high school I would have been racing to see if I could do 2 or 3 full TG’s to everyone else’s single.
That’s just who I was. So I don’t know if this adds any insight tho the process of learning, but I just wanted to pass that on.
It looks interesting for sure Jason, I also recognized the side plank bit of it- however, I think that as a wrestler/grappler it is more beneficial to develop core/hip strength and I think the traditional TGU doing the high bridge works better for that.
Its looks like I good way to change things up. I’ll try in in the morning!
Jason,
I like the idea of the low TGU. I can see how it can be beneficial.
It is a good way to mix things up.
Thanks for the tips and the new ideas
there are no bad movements just movement that might be out of context with the actual specificity.
i’ll use this one.