Turkish Get Up
🏋️ Calisthenics / Bodyweight · Conditioning
Also known as: turkish get ups, tgu, get up
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Reps
/turkish_get_ups 6
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Sets × Reps
/turkish_get_ups 3x10
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Sets × Reps @ Weight
/turkish_get_ups 3x10@45
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Demonstration
How to perform
🎯 GlutesQuadricepsHamstringsCore🛠 Kettlebell
- Start by lying on your back with your legs extended and the kettlebell held in your right hand, arm fully extended above your shoulder.
- Bend your right knee and place your right foot flat on the ground, keeping your left leg extended.
- Pressing through your right foot, lift your hips off the ground, coming into a bridge position.
- Slide your left leg underneath your body, bending your left knee and placing your left foot flat on the ground.
- Rotate your torso to the left, bringing your left hand to the ground for support.
- Pressing through your right foot and left hand, lift your torso off the ground, coming into a kneeling position.
- From the kneeling position, stand up, keeping the kettlebell extended overhead.
- Reverse the movement to return to the starting position.
- Repeat the exercise on the other side, starting with the kettlebell in your left hand.
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