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One of the most hated, slow moving strength training movements you can do with one piece of equipment is the Turkish Get Up. It’s fantastic for improving core strength, midline strength, balance- you don’t want that huge KB to land on your head, and teaching you how to maintain your core strength with just one arm. Most women I know start with the lightest thing around- sometimes it’s an eraser, to learn the movement and then you gradually work your way up from there. Pictured here is 35 pound KB and although I can do them, it is brutal. Ten minutes of them is even more brutal and they were not executed as perfectly as you might see on a video.
To learn more about the Turkish Get-Up and how to do them, please refer to the RKC manual for women, here.
You can also check it out on You Tube, here.
Strength Training: Turkish Get-Up
March 18th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Tags: Cross Fit · Fantastic workouts · Kettlebells · Questions for Readers · Things that motivate me
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1 Ben // Mar 20, 2012 at 10:40 am
Hi Rachel
I’m just starting out with weight training and find your articles here fascinating.
This Turkey Get Up looks seriously brutal and I can understand your caution to people starting just out to go slow.
I suppose doing this at home would be a challenge even with Premium Exercise Mats
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2 mayra // Mar 21, 2012 at 10:18 pm
really enjoy your site!!
3 Jennifer Taylor // Mar 25, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Great suggestion, I haven’t tried Turkish Get Up yet though. I am really into improving my health now. We’re not getting any younger aren’t we? I read this article http://reallycheaphealthinsurance.com/look-younger-by-exercising/
That is why I told myself that I would make sure to it to at least go to the gym twice a week. I might try Turkish Get-Up to improve on my upper strength as well.
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