This is good as a warm-up, as a corrective excercise, as a functional exercise, as awareness exercise and so on. It’s called a Turkish Get-Up. Whatever fitness you are engaged in (from CrossFit to yoga and pilates) it will suit you. Better breathing command and motor control are guaranteed if done properly.

Why Turkish Get-Up?

Because this is a do-less-gain-more exercise. Doing only this you’ll get better core, better sequencing, better alighnment, better balance, better awareness and even better flexibility*.

There are a lot of Turkish Get-Up instructions out there on YouTube, but I bet these two are the best.

Gray Cook‘s exceptional explanations with Mark Chen’s perfect demonstration will cue you through the whole process in details.

*How proper movements can improve your flexibility without any stretching read here:
Hip Mobility – When You Don’t Need To Stretch

Turkish Get Up Steps Video

Turkish GetUp Phase 2 (Transition) Variants Video

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