Saturday 29 June 2013

Turkish Getup 40kg


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.

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