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thx yo. Pushing up is a good cue. "active shoulders" doesn't really mean anything to me. Tense is probably a better word for most people I'd think.

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One of the good cues I learned for the Turkish Getup is to imagine "pushing through your shoulders". That is you imagine the flex coming all the way from your torso, through your shoulders and through your arms. eg. you are actively moving the shoulders towards the weight to carry it with your muscles. At the same time the shoulders should be in the pocket, which means scaps backs.