Kettlebell Opposite of Get-Up
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JamesPTA
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The get down
rvaldrich
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Which version: Backstreet Boys or Kool and the Gang?
Alan Mackey
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- Lie face down on the floor with a KB beside you.
- Grab the bell and work your way to the stand up postion, trying not to use the KB as a supporting point.
- Reverse the movement until you are resting on your belly again.
- Do it again multiple times, varying the postion of the KB and switching hands.
- This would be Dan John's Get-Back-Up with added loading.
Steve W.
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"Do a little dance...make a little love..."
On a serious note, why does an exercise need to have an opposite? And an axe chop or sledge hammer strike seems more like an overspeed eccentric of a swing or snatch, not really the opposite.
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SUOMI-PUKU
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Works way too many muscles in too many different movements to find one ‘opposite’ for imo.
Pete L
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Yes, it's not one movement.
rvaldrich
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Good man!
Mostly just a thought experiment, but also because I've had a lot of positive experiences mixing swings and chopping wood. I was musing on some sort of Nega-Simple & Sinister (Complex & Kind?) but needed an opposite Get-Up.
rvaldrich
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Yeah, but still. It doesn't need to be a one-for-one opposite. As stated above, there's actually some carryover between the chop and the swing, but the basic premise is there. Sort of like how one can view the Muscle-Up as the opposite of the Clean + Jerk.
You get down into the weeds, they aren't *THAT* different, but you get down into the weeds and the push-up and the row aren't that different.
rvaldrich
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Ooh! That's solid. Thank you!
mrwhy
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Since the get up is basically "getting up" while laying on your back, I would say the opposite would be some movement where you "get up" while laying on your stomach.
So I'm thinking, from the stomach a controlled push up. Then a controlled step up into runners lunge, then stand. Back down to lunge, back to hands on the ground, plank, lower. Back up and step up with opposite leg.
I could be wrong.
So I'm thinking, from the stomach a controlled push up. Then a controlled step up into runners lunge, then stand. Back down to lunge, back to hands on the ground, plank, lower. Back up and step up with opposite leg.
I could be wrong.
mrwhy
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I've always thought the opposite of the swing was the hanging leg raise....
bluejeff
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I have been thinking about this and trying not to just give an absurd answer.
If a swing has:
-Hip extension
-Eccentric loading of the posterior chain (hips and back/shoulders/upper back)
Then it's "opposite" would involve:
-Hip flexion with anterior loading of the core and hip flexors (meaning like you're doing a crunch/sit-up/leg raise)
-Loading through the shoulder extensors (pulling "down" with the lats)
So the "opposite" of a swing would be those cable pull down things that crossfitters do (too lazy to google atm). Something like a med ball slam might fit the bill for the "opposite" of a swing.
If a get up has:
-Anterior core loading (since you're generally facing "up") more than posterior
-Anterior shoulder loading (pushing, once again, "up") or shoulder flexion
-Hip extension, again
Then it's "opposite" would involve:
-Posterior core loading (extensors like lats, long head of triceps, posterior delts, traps and rhomboids)
-Shoulder extension
-Hip flexion
Good luck finding something where you're flexing the hips and loading the back extensors. My somewhat tongue in cheek answer which involves shoulder extension and hip flexion would be the gymnastic skill, the manna. Good luck.
If a swing has:
-Hip extension
-Eccentric loading of the posterior chain (hips and back/shoulders/upper back)
Then it's "opposite" would involve:
-Hip flexion with anterior loading of the core and hip flexors (meaning like you're doing a crunch/sit-up/leg raise)
-Loading through the shoulder extensors (pulling "down" with the lats)
So the "opposite" of a swing would be those cable pull down things that crossfitters do (too lazy to google atm). Something like a med ball slam might fit the bill for the "opposite" of a swing.
If a get up has:
-Anterior core loading (since you're generally facing "up") more than posterior
-Anterior shoulder loading (pushing, once again, "up") or shoulder flexion
-Hip extension, again
Then it's "opposite" would involve:
-Posterior core loading (extensors like lats, long head of triceps, posterior delts, traps and rhomboids)
-Shoulder extension
-Hip flexion
Good luck finding something where you're flexing the hips and loading the back extensors. My somewhat tongue in cheek answer which involves shoulder extension and hip flexion would be the gymnastic skill, the manna. Good luck.
At one point there was a post/article that the Renegade Row is the opposite of the Get Up, but can't find it at the moment.
Edit: found it!
Opposite of the Get Up
Edit: found it!
Opposite of the Get Up
3letterslong
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I was going to suggest front levers!
WhomtheBellTolls
Level 5 Valued Member
Depending on context…
TGU- Full Body Strength movement
KB C&J - Full Body Power movement
Or
TGU- Upperbody Carry
Farmers Carry- Lower Body Carry
TGU- Full Body Strength movement
KB C&J - Full Body Power movement
Or
TGU- Upperbody Carry
Farmers Carry- Lower Body Carry