william bad butt
Level 7 Valued Member
My workout room is a spare bedroom with a typical low carpet on the floor. This is where I normally practice my getups. I am currently on vacation, staying with family for a couple of weeks. Of course I brought my 28 kg bell with me. There is no good place to practice getups inside so today I did my first getups on a concrete slab. What a difference! I think it will help my technique. I'm now realizing on the carpet, when transitioning between movements, my legs/hands/elbows are sliding to the next position. On the concrete I cant slide without injury (I do this barefoot and without a shirt). In a sense I feel like I have been "cheating" all this time. If you are like me and exclusively do your getups in a carpeted room, then I challenge you to try them on a hard floor - you just may learn something.