GET UP (Turkish style)

"What the h*ll is a Turkish Get-Up?" I figure, that is going to be your first question. The second will be, "Do I have to lift a person?".  No, you won't and I file the Turkish Get-up under the same category as the deadlift - awesome! There's no way around it, if you can deadlift a reasonable amount of weight you are strong.  I train to get stronger. You?

To answer your question, the Turkish Get-Up is a highly functional movement that requires all the muscles of the body working together in order to accomplish the task. I have a love-hate (mostly hate) relationship with the Turkish get-up. I love them because there’s no doubting their validity in terms of providing a lot of bang-for-our-training buck - they address everything from scapular stability to t-spine mobility to hip mobility to glute activation to, well, lets just say there’s a lot of good stuff happening. That is some serious CORE work people! Forget crunches.  I mean it!

Basically, the Turkish Get-Up is the mechanically correct method of coming from a position lying on the floor, to standing while supporting a weight locked out overhead. Hence functional. Also, the Get-Up can help to restore some of mobility, especially in the shoulder girdle, which has a tendency to get tight in most people, regardless of profession or activity level.

Damn those Turks! Here's the I hate them part. I hate them because they do an excellent job at shining a bright, Bat-like-Signal light on some glaring weaknesses and imbalances I have. 

Anyhoo, back to Turkish get-ups.

At last count there are like 100 separate steps to perform a proper get-up. Here's a look