Jeff Martone doing a TGU with a person. He is the kettlebell HQ instructor for all the certs. He is unbelievable.
Have you met a Russian? How about a Russian weightlifter? Anyone remembering Rocky IV? Yeah they are crazy....crazy strong...crazy good at drinking crazy amounts of vodka..
It has been said that the Turkish Get up was used as a training method for turkish wrestlers and adopted by the Russians. You weren't allowed to move on to your next training skill until you could do 100lb get up...so what is a get up you ask? I'd rather not tell you so your shoulders can live a long happy life in ignorant bliss...but you will be weak and feeble without them...so you should know...
Have you ever been flat on your back on the floor holding a baby straight up above you playing airplane? Now put that baby in just one hand and stand all the way up with the baby completely locked out over head...now go back down to your back keep your baby straight up in the air. That's basically it. Oh yeah make sure your baby weighs 35.2 lbs.
So why do we do it? Turkish get ups and basically anything with kettlebells will rock your entire body...talk about a core workout..jeezzzz. And you are about to see kettlebell classes popping up all over the globo gyms because people see crossfitters and think they can get that body doing kettlebells. And you can sort of. If you do them properly and safely. Holding 35 lbs straight above your face and standing up is dangerous. If you're not trained you could end up having a totally different looking body from kettlebells...aka a smashed in face...which is ok, but in our society not very attractive. So here is my point for today's post. Working out for real can be dangerous. You need to be properly trained. You need to have a trainer. This P90X bulls**** goes against everything real trainers believe in. I stand over people all day long and have to literally drag them kicking and screaming through the workout and that is provided they actually even come in. So to think you are going to get anything productive done by popping a dvd in, in your living room, by yourself, and following it is ridiculous. I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm just saying set yourself up for success by getting a personal trainer. At least someone to get you started.
With that said, you can get a PT cert online in six hours. It is ridiculous how ignorant trainers are. I worked for Omni fitness before CrossFit and those people knew nothing and did not give a shit. So be weary of big gyms that sell you crazy shit. Like if the gym has a tanning bed..RUN. If there are tvs in the gym RUN AWAY FAST. You should not be watching tv while working out...if you are, you aren't doing anything worth a shit. Your workout should take EVERYTHING out of you. You should have to concentrate. If you can find a trainer who likes to work you out outside, do that. Its built in conditioning because its hot, its austere, and there aren't any machines or cables to do the work for you. Choose your trainer wisely. Or join a CrossFit gym. Or email me and I will get you started. Be careful at these Globos and please for the love of all that is holy don't waste your money on those dvds...get your ass outside...get a kettlebell..go to crossfit.com and start WORKING! good luck!
That's what I'm talking about! I tell my friends all the time that their memberships to these Globo Gyms are worthless. They need Crossfit in their lives. Personally, those that quit Crossfit have an internal weakness that cannot be cured. If you Crossfit, YOU are a true athlete.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog, Snatchalotta! It gets me thinking about ways to change up this workout of mine and kick it into high gear. First, I need to learn how to run outside. Then, I'll have to figure out how to run without Rachel Maddow.
ReplyDeleteYour blogs energize me much like the high ramp at Spaghetti Junction.
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