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081012: Get Up end of the National Climate Torch Relay on the lawns in front of The Australian Federal Parliament House. PIcture by Belinda Pratten/GetUp
At the Elbow
There are few skills more functional for real-life than the ability to get up from and down to the ground with comfort and ease (or at least a plan!). For this reason, we have all of our students practice the Get Up in one form or another.
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For some--especially those with mobility limitations-- they will spend a lot of time only working to the Elbow. Fortunately, owning just this position and the transition to get here has massive benefits for your shoulders and core. Often, it is also the most challenging part of the Get Up for students to nail.
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When the transition to the elbow is done well, it should look and feel like a ‘roll’ to the elbow rather than a ‘sit up and lean” to the elbow. Roll implies rotation, which means your chest should no longer be facing the sky. The heel of the planted foot drives into the floor and assists the elbow which pulls hard into the ground. The result is a smooth roll to your side, with your weight on one hip.
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Once you are at the elbow, the game has truly begun because you need to keep working with that grounded foot and elbow. If you are able to maintain tension into the floor through these two points with full-body tension, you will succeed in “feeling like the earth is holding the weight”. Check out the image above to see all of the cues for full-body tension and learn to own the Get Up at the Elbow.
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Heading out to a wedding. The cat isn't a great photographer so it's blurry but I'm posting b/c SOME people are clamoring for more proof of my largeness.
On Thursday November 12 GetUp members joined forces with supporters of the Australian Conservation Foundation for 2 hours to tell our representatives to do the right thing for a safe and prosperous future. By phone we overwhelmed their offices demanding support for a clean-energy economy, instead of the huge polluter bailouts that we will all have to pay for.
photo by Gordon Curtis
GETUP ME LAD leads early in the Finals Night 500 Puppies. Belinda Green's youngster unbeaten in 2.
Hove 23rd December 2023
Photo: © Steve Nash