While some kettlebell movements such as the snatch and the clean and jerk get more attention than most, one of the most productive movements all gireviks should practice is the turkish get-up. It doesn’t matter whether you practice the basic move or the more advanced Kalos Sthenos version (read about it here-http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/506/), or even if…
VWC baseline – 15 reps max cadence (I just ordered the Viking Warrior Conditioning book. Time to ramp things up. No Winter weight gain for me!)
Pavel taught us the finer points of the Goblet Squat, the Turkish Get-up and the Kettlebell Swing. And through our Team Leaders, we learned the exacting standards that Dragondoor requires in order to be able to teach these moves under the HKC/Dragondoor name.
Had a late day today, with open house at one of my boy’s middle school and decided to do my TGU workout when I got home. At 9:00 p.m. Which is damn close to my bed time. At any rate, it was just me tonight. I did the now-standard wall squats/halos (16 kg kettlebell)/pumps for…
Saturday I squeezed in a quick TGU workout. After 5 circuits of wall squats, halos and pumps for 10 minutes, I decided to try the high-hip variation of the Turkish Get-Up (TGU). I studied the photos from the begin2dig.com site and used my old Russian Red 24 kg kettlebell. My first couple of reps were…
As part of my pre-assault program for Return Of The Kettlebell, I’m completing a couple weeks of the RKC Program Minimum. I skipped yesterday’s workout as I had to stay at work until 10:30. Today (normally an off day) was for Turkish Get-Ups. If you’ve been reading the kettlebell forums, you might have read about…
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