3 Grip Exercises to Improve your TGUs

You may not know it, but having a strong grip is essential if you want to be able to dominate heavy Turkish Get-Ups. You not only need good crush grip strength to keep your wrist straight against the kettlebell pulling it into extension, but you need powerful forearm pronators and supinators to control the bell during the transitions. The motion is subtle. You may not even notice it with a lighter bell, but there is a lot of momentum of the kettlebell that you need to control in the TGU. While not perceivable at lighter weights, once that bell get’s heavy, it becomes very obvious. There are several kinds of momentum in the TGU, but the exercises in this video focus on helping with the transverse ones. There are two transitions where momentum of the bell in the transverse plane becomes an issue: the sweep up into the Tripod position and the sweep down into High Post position. Personally, I feel it most on the down sweep. During the down sweep, you twist slightly beneath the bell, which gets the bell moving in the transverse plane. Momentum becomes an issue when you stop. While you may have stopped, the bell wants to keep going…because of the momentum. The motion you need to use to stop the momentum of the bell is pronation & supination - pronation on the up sweep and supination on the down sweep. Assuming you do any grip work (many do not), it’s unlikely that you train pronation and supination. The exercises in this video are just that and will help you better control the kettlebell during your TGUs, particularly your heavy TGUs. Best of luck! Dr. Richard Ulm --- Follow me on Instagram at @AthleteEnhancement. Want to attend a live Athlete Enhancement course? Visit: www.Athlete-Enhancement.com/store