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Getting up from the floor is a basic, functional series of movements. Most conditioning classes include sets of Turkish Get-Ups.

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Physical Fitness at 14:56 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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I used to laugh at those "I've fallen and I can't get up" ads. Not any more.

#1 snopercod on 2022-06-07 20:18 (Reply)

surprisingly difficult, even with a very light dumbbell

#2 p (Link) on 2022-06-08 08:27 (Reply)

I agree that getting up from the floor is a basic, functional series of movements. But no-one mimics turkish get-ups when getting off the floor. When you get off the floor, in everyday life and not the gym, do you follow those movements? Of course not. I, for one, sit up, cross my ankles and then stand.
It seems to me turkish get-ups are designed to condition you for doing turkish get-ups.

#3 Talnik on 2022-06-08 08:37 (Reply)

"sit up, cross my ankles and then stand." You are a better man than me. If I cross my ankles I'm not going anywhere.

What I do is simple: Sitting on the floor I bend my right knee by about 45 degrees bringing my foot towards my left leg. I put my right hand on the floor and swing my left leg and my body and arm towards my right and the follow through puts me on my right knee and left foot with my right hand still on the floor. If there is a chair I grab it with my left hand and if not I just push my body up until my left leg is straight and I can place my right foot on the floor too. Sounds complicated but it is natural and intuitive and most adults get up this way and it can be done in one flowing motion.

#3.1 OneGuy on 2022-06-08 14:50 (Reply)

Part of the difficulty in getting up off the floor for us older folks is the fact that putting pressure on our knees is often agony. If I can scoot or crawl to a couch or chair for support, I can lift myself with my arms and feet. Knees, no.

#4 RebeccaH on 2022-06-08 11:04 (Reply)

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