The Turkish Get-up develops stability and mobility throughout the body, in particular the shoulders and hips, and provides training through multiple planes to help offset the limitation of weightlifting to the sagittal plane.
 
Lie on your back and hold a kettlebell or similar straight up in one extended arm. Lift the knee of the weight-side leg to place that foot flat on the floor. This is your starting position for each rep.
 
Using the lifted leg and the free arm, push and roll up into a seated position, leaning onto the free arm and continuing to push the weight straight up and keep it stable. It typically helps to look at the weight throughout the exercise.
 
Lift the hips into a high bridge position, then using that space, bring the straight leg under and behind yourself into a lunge position with that knee on the floor. Bring your trunk up into a vertical position, then stand from the lunge with the weight still stabilized overhead on a straight arm.
 
Reverse the motion to return to the starting position, lifting the hips high into the bridge again.
 
Purpose
The Turkish get-up trains stability and mobility in the shoulders and hips, and improves trunk strength and stability.
 
Programming
The Turkish get-up should generally be performed for 2-4 sets of 3-6 reps per side at the end of a training session.
 
Variations
The Turkish Get-up can be performed without the high bridge shown in this demonstration (moving the leg directly into the lunge position without additional hip elevation), performed with a squat instead of a lunge, with alternative implements like a dumbbell or a sandbag used, with a kettlebell in the bottom-up position, or with a sandbag or similar on the shoulder instead of overhead.