Here's what you do on a rainy Saturday morning;
This isn't picture perfect form, as I've recently moved to a
viewpoint that any reasonable means of performing a Get-Up is ok, as long as it
meets my main criteria that any movement is deliberate and controlled. If you
don't know why or are unaware as to what you are doing whilst doing these then
you need to pay more attention to your form. Also, whilst there are certain
methods of performing a Get-Up as taught at kettlebell certifications and
such, I believe that allowing each trainee the opportunity to discover how
to move on their own and perform this movement is extremely valuable. This is
not a dismissal of knowledge in this area, as I encourage everyone to seek
further understanding, but a call to greater self-reliance-- rather than rely
on remembering a multitude of technique cues, the trainee listens to feedback
from their body, and hopefully a coach, for maximum performance. I might cop
some flak for that, but I learn a movement more effectively by paying attention
to what I’m doing, and not necessarily what some “rules” would have me do.
