Ground Up Strong

GET DOWN. GET UP. STAY CAPABLE

Learn how to assess, coach and programme one of our most fundamental human abilities, moving confidently from standing to the ground and back again.
A highly practical one-day course for exercise professionals who want to build better mobility, coordination, control and lifelong movement capacity.

Floor-to-Stand Movement for Lifelong Strength, Mobility and Independence

Getting down to the floor and rising again is one of the most fundamental movement skills we use throughout life.

Modern lifestyles give adults fewer reasons to squat, kneel, sit on the floor, transition between positions or rise from the ground. Over time, reduced exposure to these movements affects mobility, coordination, stability, confidence and movement options.

Ground Up Strong is a one-day practical course designed for exercise professionals, movement coaches and fitness practitioners who want to assess and develop ground-based movement capacity.

You will explore the Sitting-Rising Test, ground-to-stand transitions from multiple starting positions, centre-of-mass control, mobility and stability, coordination and archetype rest postures.

The focus moves beyond performing exercises. You will learn how to observe movement, identify where clients struggle, select suitable regressions and progressions, coach transitions and integrate floor-based movement into warm-ups, training sessions, recovery and home practice.

The goal is simple.

Help people maintain the physical capacity and confidence to move independently throughout life.

By the end of Ground Up Strong, you should be able to:

• Explain how sedentary behaviour and reduced floor contact influence mobility and movement competency.
• Explain the research and purpose behind the Sitting-Rising Test and apply its scoring principles within your professional scope.
• Observe mobility, stability, coordination and centre-of-mass control during floor-based movement.
• Coach ground-to-stand transitions from supine, prone, seated and kneeling positions.
• Select appropriate regressions and progressions according to movement ability and confidence.
• Apply practical coaching cues and movement observations to improve transition quality.
• Explain the role of coordination, motor learning and repeated movement exposure across the lifespan.
• Introduce archetype rest postures such as squatting, kneeling, cross-sitting and side-sitting.
• Integrate ground-to-stand movements and rest postures within warm-ups, circuits, conditioning, recovery and cooldown formats.
• Develop simple home-practice strategies which encourage clients to maintain floor movement as part of everyday life.