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Turkish Get Up (Squat)

The Turkish Get Up is great core exercise that also yields tremendous benefits to your pressing ability. Throughout the entire movement your core is being worked. To the same degree, the shoulder that is keeping the kettlebell overhead is being used to maintain that overhead position. Since you go through a wide range of positions, you're flexibility and mobility are challenged giving you a far greater exercise.

Purpose/Focus:	Strength, Flexibility
Body Parts Used:	Shoulders, Core, Legs, Back, Hips
Difficulty:	Hard

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Exercise Steps

	Lay down next to a kettlebell on your left side and rollover to the kettlebell lifting it up with your left hand and assistance of your right
	Bring the kettlebell to your chest and press it so that you arm is vertical and get yourself into a seated position
	While seated, get both feet on the ground lifting your hips slightly so that you are in a very deep squat. Stand up.
	Come down into a deep overhead squat. Once you are as close to the ground as possible, put your non-working hand on the ground and get one leg from under you and then repeat with the other leg so you are sitting on the ground. Slowly lay down.
	Your arm needs to remain vertical throughout the duration of the exercise Keep your eyes on the kettlebell until you are in the lunge position; from there, bring your head into a neutral position until you reverse the motion Alternate sides by moving the kettlebell around your head rather than over your body or face

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Contributor Information
	Lauren Brooks is the founder and owner of On the Edge Fitness. As a RKC instructor and Clinical Nutritionist, Lauren has helped thousands of people to get into shape, and stay that way. She specializes in kettlebell training and is a pioneer of the training method within the United States. Find out more at www.OntheEdgeFitness.com