Breaking Down The Turkish Getup
The Turkish Get-Up takes you from laying on your side to standing up and then back down again. It’s an excellent movement drill because it takes you through every possible human movement.
It is the fundamental exercise to help restore human movement while taking you through the developmental movement stages all over again.
Mastering this drill will translate into better movement quality and performance across the board, regardless of what your goals are. It has tremendous carryover to both athleticism and pain-prevention.
The Turkish Get-Up helps to improve body awareness through all movement planes while allowing you to focus on the breath and feeling your body in time and space (proprioception). The sequential nature of the drill really allows you to be mindful of your body and hone in on each step to create control and awareness.
You can do it with a weight to make it more difficult or simply use your own body weight. This exercise can be for beginners or for people who work out often.
In this video we show you how to make the most out of the Turkish Getup starting from the ground and moving up.
You can master the initial movement and use it as its own drill or choose to proceed to the rest of the get-up to make it slightly harder. We like to use the former as part of a quality warm-up for the core. This is a great exercise to use before a workout as it works most of the body and gets your heart going.
Some Benefits of the Turkish Get-Up:
Promotes upper body, lower body and trunk stability.
Requires mobility of the hips and legs.
Connects all the limbs to the core and each other.
Stimulates proprioception (being aware of your body in time and space).
Develops full body functional strength.
Trains the body in both closed and open chain movements.
Promotes thoracic spine extension and rotation.
Requires full body stability in all movement planes.
Always remember, motion is lotion. We encourage you to Move Well, Live Well™.
If you need any help to learn this wonderful drill, give us a call at Oakville Performance & Wellness (905) 337-7778, email us at info@oakpw.com, or book a session online.