Turkish Get-Ups
One of my goals of late is to really dial in and focus on the quality of my
movement, and that of my athletes. And one of the exercises that
I’ve really tried to develop within my coaching and teaching
repertoire is the Turkish get-up.
The Turkish Get-up is a
fantastic exercise, and while
I have espoused some of its benefits before, I think it’s
important to recap a few of those here.
In this one simple
drill you get a whole host of fantastic benefits, such as:
Core strength and stability
T-spine mobility
Hip mobility
Hip extension
(glute) strength
Gleno-humeral (shoulder) stability
Body awareness and
proprioception
Etc.
However, one of the biggest issues I see is when
people have no clue how to coach or execute the exercise. A while
back, I actually had a gentleman who came to me and thought the only goal
was to stand up from the ground...
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What do you want to see?
This is something I've been thinking about asking you guys forever, but I
just hadn't gotten around to it.
Everyone here knows I'm busy -
I'm writing articles/blogs/newsletters, coaching, running two businesses,
and that's just the "professional" side of the equation :)
But
hell, we're all busy so I'll stop my whining right now!
You
know I don't deal well without a lot on my plate. I have a book
chapter that I need to wrap up by the end of the month, but after that it's
time for something new.
With that being said, I'm interested in
your opinion on what my next project should be. I've really narrowed
this down to two options, so here goes:
Option #1 - The UnBodybuilder E-Book
This
one is pretty straightforward - I used to absolutely loathe cookie-cutter
programming. I mean, every person that...
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Supercompensation Curve
I was having a discussion with two IFAST interns the
other day, and the topic of programming was broached.
As the
discussion developed, it became clear what the issue was. These guys
haven't written a ton of programs yet, and I could tell they were about to
fall victim to a huge mistake that many entry-level coaches and trainers
make.
I know, because I made this mistake as well.
The mistake is a simple one: Trying to fit everything (or
fix everything) in one program.
You want to clean up
their posture, get better glute activation/strength, stiffen their anterior
core, improve their t-spine mobility into extension and rotation, and a
host of other things.
Oh yeah, and you also want to focus on
speed/power development, conditioning, and max strength.
Do you
see where I'm going with this?
When in doubt,
remember...
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Assess and Correct
My name is JP. I bought Assess and Correct a while back, and
I have procrastinated in applying it. Now I am going through it and I
am wondering: When implementing the corrective exercises, how often
should I do them? And which ones should I do? Just the first
ones recommended? When should I progress to the others?
Should I do more than one in each category?
I have to
admit that I have problems in most areas but some are bigger and have more
consequences than others (like my hip flexors causing an anterior pelvic
tilt and exaggerated low-back arch). Should I do more work
in these areas? Or focus on one area in particular and do extra work on
it?
I have been doing the warm up from Eric's book Maximum
strength (both the SMR and the exercises) for a while and it has
been...
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