Adam demonstrating the Chain Get-up.

A few years back I submitted an article to Dragon Door in which I shared my training of Turkish Get up. This article will be considered the Part II for "Mastering the Turkish Get-up for Total Body Power".

First, the revisions:

Mastery is a process. It is not an end goal in itself. The master is better than everyone else, yet he continues to find more, refine more, and polish more. I once thought I had mastered the Turkish get up. I now know I have many more years to learn and improve. I can now stand up with 185lbs with a 7 foot bar in one hand. Many people told me this would never happen, yet I accomplished it in under three years. Now I am eye balling 225lbs. The same people who said I would not get 185lbs are telling me 225lbs is impossible. Fools! Mastery is about improving, even when many think you do not need to improve more. I do not know where the line falls in the sand, but I know I will be the one to call it, no one else.

On variations of the Get up. There are many types of get ups, and depending on your goals some are better than others. If you want maximum strength you need to lift a lot of weight IE the Barbell version. If you want your shoulders to have some crazy strength endurance, use a Kettlebell and go for time. The recent FMS changes to Hard Style have brought in some variations of the get up by prominent RKCs such as Dr Mark Cheng such as the hip bridged get up. The classic use of a sand bag for the get up is an invaluable tool for grapplers. The point I bring to you; know the outcome you want before selecting your tool.

The Get up and the general population: There are 4 drills I personally believe every man and woman in the world should do. The Deadlift, The Get up, the KB swing, and the Goblet Squat. The Get up is the primary upper body drill in my opinion for 99% of people who are beginning a S&C program. A light weight bell such a 16kg will be all the resistance most men can handle for the first month of training. At Unbreakable Fitness it's not an issue of "can you do 1 rep?" The issue is "can you do 1 rep perfectly 30 times non-stop?" If the answer is "no", than you shall not even touch my heavier bells until you reach this goal.

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Rory demonstrates the exercise that Jedd discussed the other day - Kettlebell Band Curls. Definitely a keeper.

Kettlebell Swimming.

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UPDATE 9/9/11 : The video below was available when this post was written, but has since been removed by the user.

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Grab a light kettlebell and try some of these - Kettlebell Woodchops. Great exercise.