Bill DanielsOwner/trainer, Beyond Fitness online · Personal Trainer & Pain Science Expert Helping People Move Without Fear

Best Full Body Exercise You Can Do!!!

26 Feb 2021 · 1 min

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In this instructional fitness video, Bill from beyondfitnessonline.com introduces the Turkish get-up, highlighting it as a comprehensive full-body movement that also teaches proper techniques for rising from the floor—especially useful for individuals with knee or lower back concerns. He outlines the exercise as an eight-part sequence: four steps to rise (setup, hip lift, sliding the knee into a lunge, and standing) and four mirrored steps to return to the starting position. The video provides clear verbal cues for each phase, mentions optional weight usage, and emphasizes maintaining visual focus on the weight throughout. The presentation concludes with a friendly invitation for viewer comments, a subscription prompt, and a motivational sign‑off encouraging a healthy lifestyle.

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Hi, I'm Bill from beyondfitnessonline.com, and today I want to teach you an exercise called the Turkish get-up. Now, the Turkish get-up is one of my favorites because it's a full-body exercise, and not only that, but it teaches you how to get up properly off of the floor, which can be a real challenge for some people, especially if you have any knee issues, Or especially low back issues. So I'm going to take you through step by step right here and show you 8 parts to how this works. It's 4 parts up and 4 parts back down. So let's have a look.
The very first part is the setup. Extend one arm up where you can hold weight, or do it with no weight. Bend that same knee. Put the other side of your body, that arm and leg, flat. Keep your eyes on the weight the whole time as you roll up from your elbow to your hand. Second, you're going to lift your hips up Third, you're going to slide your knee under, so now you're in a lunge position. And fourth, you're going to come to all the way to a standing position. Now we reverse the steps back, down to a knee, hand on the ground, leg out to the side plank, down to the hips, into the back.
I hope you found this video helpful. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. And if you haven't already, please subscribe to my channel. And until next time, live healthy.