Kettlebell Movement of the Week: The Get Up

The Get Up: Why is the Get Up so beneficial?

• Promotes cross lateralization (getting right brain to work with left side)
• Promotes upper body stability
• Promotes lower body stability
• Promotes reflexive stability of the trunk and extremities
• Ties the right arm to the left leg, and left arm to the right leg
• Gets the upper extremities working reciprocally (legs too)
• Stimulates the vestibular system (1 of the 3 senses that contribute to balance)
• Stimulates the visual system (the second of 3 senses that contribute to balance)
• Stimulates the proprioception system (3rd of the 3 systems that contribute to balance)
• Promotes spatial awareness
• Develops a front/back weight shift
• Develops upper body strength, trunks strength, and hip strength

Check out our video of the get up to further reinforce!