By practicing ground get ups, you'll be able to safely get up from the floor without using your hands, no matter your age.
’m playing with my baby on the floor and all of a sudden he’s decided he’s hungry. The challenge: Get the two of us from the rug to the nursing chair before my son’s whimper turns into a full blown howl. Also, bring my phone along so I can track my feeding session.
But practicing it over and over again as my belly grew bigger and bigger helped me gain both strength and muscle memory. By the time my son came along, I realized I was doing ground get ups when I needed them without even thinking about it. “ are a functional strength-training movement that teaches you how to get up and down from the ground in a safe way.” —Azul Corajoria, CPTGetting off the ground while carrying around the extra load of my belly was a useful skill to learn itself, but it also helpedand stabilizer muscles without putting pressure on my abdomen, which is also important for building strength and stability and reducing pain during pregnancy.
Not to mention, if you’re carrying something in your arms—like a dumbbell, or, say, a baby—it'll work your arms, back, and shoulders, too. And that’s just the strength component. You’ll also need to engage your balance and coordination skills. The move requires mobility in your hips, knees, and ankles, and flexibility in your hamstrings, quads, and glutes. Finally, tying it all together is the breath.
“You always want to build the foundation when you don't need it most,” Corajoria says. “That way by the time you do need it, you don't really have to think about it.”
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