TGU Breakthrough Moment

I was working with my client Rownak today and we had a breakthrough moment. She has really struggled with her Turkish Get-up. Last week we tried "naked get-ups" (no weight) and shoe get-ups. She still struggled with these and was barely able to get herself up onto her elbow. She kept insisting that she didn't have the core strength to succeed. This week we stripped it down again....we repositioned her foot to give her better leverage. We looked at her shoulder stability and arm lockout...she came a long way there. Ok, she picked up the 4kg and gave it a shot. She kept collapsing back and insisted the weight was too heavy. One more try for Ro...we looked at her breathing, or lack of I should say. She had been holding her breath in most attempts. Went through the TGU breathing pattern and we gave it one last try.....and there it was, the breakthrough moment, it all came together. She did ten on each side (only up to the elbow, but it's progress). I can't stress enough the importance of breathing for Kettlebell success and it was proven yet again today!