It’s Friday and this routine is FREAKY! Today we are combining a slow grind lift with two fast moving ballistic lifts that will sure challenge your strength and conditioning. Let’s just call today “Freaky Fitness Friday” and have ourselves some fun 😉 HERE WE GO! Grab yourself a snatch test sized kettlebell or one kettlebell […]
The Turkish Get Up Press Routine- POWERFUL PRESSING TEASER!
May is going to be a big month of pressing on the VIP forum. Just FYI! Until then, I want to focus on a unique routine that involves a press AND the Turkish get up. The Turkish Get Up to Press Pressing through the “check points” on your get up does a number of things. […]
Turkish Get Ups and Single Arm Swings: These are a Few of My Favorite Things
How’s that for a title? 😉 HAPPY FRIDAY YINZ! Our Turkish Get UP Programming has officially launched! If you missed the details,  I highly suggest you click this link to our free facebook group for free training tips, kettlebell and body weight workouts, and group celebrations for your personal records. Onward to awesome! Since I […]
Get Up! Rising to the Season of Strong
It’s the first day of Spring, and I couldn’t be happier about kicking things off into this brand new season! Over the weekend, I spent a ton of time with friends back in my hometown of Greensburg, talking shop on all things related to starting new seasons in life. Last week I made mention of […]
The Turkish Get Up Ladder and Grip Strength
Our last round of the second round of the Strength and Endurance beta test has been incredibly fun, and equally challenging. Our group has been going through routines that demand a lot of long cycle strength routines, not to mention a lot of conditioning work. We are laying the foundation for the next round of […]
OttomanStrong: How to Train for a 48KG Turkish Getup- Dan Byrnes
The Turkish Get Up (TGU). Let us start at the beginning with a history lesson: What is the origin of the Turkish Get Up? I have no idea. The Internet, in its unverified fashion, mumbled something about a heavy TGU as a prerequisite in order to join the Turkish wrestling teams. Also, some Old-Timey Strong […]
The Turkish Get Up from the Ground Up
This month at the studio we are focusing on the Turkish get up for our lift of the month. We plan on getting our clients up to a heavy one rep max, so most of our programming is designed to increase the level of our turkish get up strength. Today, I wanted to cover the […]