He's a real person

Hi, I'm Nicole. You may have seen my horrible burpies in a previous post. I'm here to prove to you followers that Marvin is a real person. I'm sitting here trying to do some sit-ups and Marvin is sitting here eating chocolate with peanut butter. See the pic as proof- tried to catch him in the act of eating it, but he stuffed it in his mouth before I could snap it.


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My blog was hijacked by the person above. I worked out at home today and messed around with Turkish Get Ups with 40# DB. It's a strange movement that reminds me of some type of outlandish ballet move.

The Turkish get-up is an excellent total body strength exercise formerly practiced by old-time strongmen and wrestlers. In the days of old, this was the first exercise given to aspiring weight-lifters to practice. It’s been said that no other exercises were given until the pupil could perform it with a 100 pound weight. Upon completing this goal, all the major muscle groups, small stabilizing muscles, tendons and ligaments of the practitioner have been significantly strengthened. In addition, the TGU has proven itself as an extraordinary exercise for developing strength, flexibility, and stability in the shoulder joint. (Reference Jeff Martone @ Tactical Athlete)


Turkish Get Up with the Martones from Kimberly Wilkes on Vimeo.