Kettlebell Turkish getup obliques

[Anatoly]

At what point in the turkish getup do the obliques work the hardest?

 

[Sean M]

Yes.

 

[Erik Hournou]

Yes.

That about sums it up

 

[barrak]

"Yes" indeed... from the moment you roll to pick up the bell till you roll again to put it down.

If you look at targeted obliques exercises, you'll find many of them present throughout the TGU movement... while loaded!

 

[Kenny Croxdale]

At what point in the turkish getup do the obliques work the hardest?

Inside the Muscles: Best Ab Exercises

After hooking himself up to a bunch of electrodes, the author discovers the best exercises for building a rock-solid midsection. First, I apologize if I left out one of your favorite exercises. Don’t take it personally. I performed these experiments in my garage, and while I have one of the...

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Here's Dr Bret Contreras research.

The article provides an EMG Chart breakdown...

The Winners
Based on this experiment, here are the top three exercises in terms of mean and peak activity for each muscle part:

Rectus Abdominis
Mean: Chin Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Ab Wheel
Peak: Chin Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Swiss Ball Crunch

Internal Oblique
Mean: Ab Wheel from Feet, Ab Wheel from Knees, Bodysaw
Peak: Ab Wheel from Feet, Bodysaw, Tornado Ball Slam

External Oblique
Mean: Ab Wheel from Feet, Hanging Leg Raise, Bodysaw
Peak: Turkish Get Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Bodysaw

 

[rwleonard]

So, alternate doing one nice set of chins or standing ab wheel after your get ups a couple of times a week. I wonder if OAOL Push Ups were examined.

 

[Bauer]

At what point in the turkish getup do the obliques work the hardest?

Probably roll to elbow. When I only do partials I tend to feel my obliques just the same as after full TGUs.