Kettlebell History of Turkish get ups

[Jamesjones]

Hello

Why is the TGU called the Turkish get up?
Was this a common method in turkey ?

Or was it another reason

 

[Steve W.]

Main reason is that Pavel learned of the get up from Steve Maxwell, and that's what Steve Maxwell called it.

There have been a few threads here over the years trying to trace the history of the lift and the name. People found and shared lot of references to it and anecdotes about it from the past, but not a definitive origin story.

 

[scilla]

TGUs remind me of SANGS, heavy wooden shields that the practicioner must lift and handle from the floor in the Iranian martial-athletic system called ZURKHANE.
(especially from 1:56)

 

[Sean M]

I believe the British “olde-tyme” strongmen named it after the seated reclining position (resembling the starting position of the TGU) in Middle Eastern hookah lounges.

 

[Tim Randolph]

In Strong First materials including Simple and Sinister, the lift is almost always just called a "Get-Up." It took me a bit to change my own phrasing, but it's simpler and just as clear.

 

[Machete]

In Strong First materials including Simple and Sinister, the lift is almost always just called a "Get-Up." It took me a bit to change my own phrasing, but it's simpler and just as clear.

I always thought it was weird when we attach nationalities to the names of exercises. Haha

Anyway, BJJ Eastern Europe posted an article about it some years back.

 

[DuncanGB]

I always thought it was weird when we attach nationalities to the names of exercises. Haha

First we had the Bulgarian Split Squat...

then the Hungarian Core Blaster...

and now, the Turkish Snatch:




Then again, what do I know about Turkish Get-Ups - don't they come from Antwerp?

 

[User 4484]

First we had the Bulgarian Split Squat...

then the Hungarian Core Blaster...

and now, the Turkish Snatch:




Then again, what do I know about Turkish Get-Ups - don't they come from Antwerp?

Romanian Deadlift ...

 

[DuncanGB]

Romanian Deadlift ...

Ah yes - I didn't wanna go there...

The Romanian Deadlift: AKA Human Trafficking...

cf. The Ukrainian Snatch - a bit of an open Victoria's Secret... #EpsteinSuicided