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Training Science

Physical Therapy Exercises: Why Physical Labor Is Not Exercise — and the Five Components That Build Resilience

PT Exercises — Looking Beyond Physical Labor & Redefining its Components — By Dr. Jordan K., PT — the second article in his injury-prevention and recovery series for Alex Athletics. The first, on passive vs ...
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Product Spotlights

Keynimax Bench: Full ROM Benefits & First-Time User Guide

Benefits of the Keynimax Bench The Keynimax Bench is designed around one idea: remove the restrictions a conventional bench places on your shoulders and shoulder blades. Its benefits are: 1. Maximum ROM (range of motion)  ...
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Split cover image contrasting passive physical therapy treatment with active resistance training rehabilitation.
Training Science

Passive Relief through PT Modalities vs. Active Recovery through Exercises

Passive Relief through PT Modalities vs. Active Recovery through Exercises — By Dr. Jordan K., PT — the first article in an injury-prevention and recovery series written for Alex Athletics, opening with the passive vs ...
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Athlete performing a dumbbell hex press on a flat bench with two black rubber hex dumbbells pressed together.
Training Science

How to Do a Dumbbell Hex Press: Technique, Sets & Benefits

Why the Hex Press Deserves a Place in Your Chest Training Walk through any commercial gym and you will see the same pressing hierarchy repeated on every chest day: barbell bench press first, dumbbell bench ...
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Coach teaching the kettlebell swing with the bell floating at the top of the movement
Training Science

Kettlebell Training Fundamentals: Movements Every Coach Should Teach

Why Teaching Order Decides Whether the Kettlebell Builds Athletes or Injuries The kettlebell is simultaneously the most forgiving and least forgiving implement on the gym floor, and which face a client meets depends almost entirely ...
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Well-organized garage home gym with bench, dumbbell rack, and budgeting notebook
Buying Guides

How Much Does a Home Gym Cost? A Realistic Equipment Budget Breakdown

Why Every Answer You Have Read So Far Is Somewhere Between $300 and $50,000 Search this question and you will find answers spanning two orders of magnitude, which is another way of saying you will ...
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