Back in May, I got a little daring (maybe a little cocky) and attempted an aerial (a no hands cartwheel) for the first time in about… oh… 18 years. The result was a bone bruise, avulsion fracture and double sprained ankle. Not the smartest decision I have ever made to say the least. I got back into the gym as soon as I was in a boot and was back to swinging, deadlifting, and pressing. The problem was, I couldn’t push off of my left foot or stabilize with it to perform a full get-up on either side. Instead of sticking with half get-ups, I stopped doing get-ups altogether. At the time of my injury, a 24kg get-up was a regular training weight and the 28kg not terribly difficult. At the next StrongFirst Kettlebell User Course I taught a couple of months later, I expected demonstrating with the 16kg to be a piece of cake. Surprisingly, it wasn’t. I should have kept training to the level I was capable of. I should have been doing half kneeling get-ups the whole time. It took me until this morning to regain the strength, mobility and stability to get the 24kg get-up back. Even if your student can only roll to the elbow, rolling to the elbow under load will help with mobility and shoulder stability. If your student has to stay weightless for weeks or months, that’s ok. A partial get-up is by far better than no get-up at all and you’ll be surprised at the gains that will come from working what can be worked.