First Video Blog 1/9/2016

Don talks about New Adex Products, collaborating with Mr Maceman Rik Brown and the AKA's Vintage Strength Games, unconventional and functional fitness

Click Here to watch

Swipe

Shoulder Opener Stretch and Clubwork

Adex Club Montage Ad

Movelab: Leverage Club Combo

The IKFF And Adex Clubs Team Up

Adex Club @ 25lbs

Adex Club 'empty' 3.5lb

 Steve Cotter, president and founder of the International Kettlebell and Fitness Federation IKFF is proud to announce the addition of Adex Adjustable Exercise Clubs to his organization’s line up of fitness equipment available to the public. Cotter, named one of the “100 Fittest Men of All-time” by Men’s Health Magazine, holds a bevy of titles. A fitness consultant and a specialist to Navy Seals, U.S. Marines, multiple NFL and MBL teams, author, fitness system developer, and key note speaker Cotter was enthused about becoming the first distributor of Adex Clubs, a brand that until recently, sold products only through their own site.

  Adex Adjustable exercise Clubs are a unique modern twist on a training tool that’s been used for over two thousand years. Until recently, exercise clubs were of fixed weights usually in 5 pound increments.

 Adex Club developer and founder, Don Giafardino saw the need for a multi-weight adjustable club that offered professional quality and the versatility of owning a set of clubs without the high price tag. Don is excited about the possiblities of teaming up with a high level fitness expert and the IKFF organization. “Having Steve and the IKFF carrying Adex products is big. This is big for my company and let’s everyone know that we’re in the game, and add to the fact that kettlebell training and clubwork go hand in hand, it’s a winning combination.”

A Complete Set of Clubs in 1

 Being no stranger to club training himself, Steve put the Adex Club through the paces. After some time of working out with the adjustable clubs, Cotter had this to say, “ the IKFF values movement training that address 3-dimensions. Whether it is bodyweight training, kettlebells, bulgarian bag, yoga, barbells, dumbbells, mace, clubs, etc--quality movement in all planes of motion is paramount to developing well-rounded, usable fitness. For heavy clubs, we recommend the Adex Club. It is high-quality, versatile, indestructible and it is by far the highest value-for-dollar club in the world. Buying only 1 Adex club is like buying 11 clubs for the price of one. Add Adex Club to your training program, you'll thank me for it!

"

 These high accolades coming from one of the 'Fittest Men of All Time' is proof that thought they are adjustable, Adex Clubs certainly are professional grade and are at home in any commercial fitness setting as well as home based fitness gyms. The advantage of having a tool that is utilized for both rehab and strength training is appealing to many fitness individuals and the easy of traveling what would equal to over 120lbs of clubs in one 25 pound unit. The Adex Clubs change safely and quickly by hand so there are no tools or set screws to lose. 



 The IKFF is known world-wide for it’s excellence in kettlebell training and the promotion and training of this rapidly growing fitness modality. The addition of another tool that compliments their already proven training system is going to play a major role in developing some of the best athletes in the world today.



To find out more information go to www.ikff.com or www.adexclub.com

The Forgotten Athletes

 Athlete : a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength, as defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary

There are hundreds of jobs that require physical strength, stamina, and motor skills. Construction laborers may have to carry 80 pound bags of concrete across a job site. Cell tower climbers have to climb over 300 feet to get to their job. Lifeguards, nurses, security officers, irrigation techs, linemen, the list can go on and on. These are the men and women that this article is about, the forgotten athletes, the ones who use their bodies 40 plus hours a week to support their families. Yet somehow in the grand scheme of things we blindly overlook the price that they'll pay with their bodies after years of hard, exhausting work, day in day out.

 Occupational therapy has become a huge business in the U.S. due to injuries obtained on the job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says;

'Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) accounted for 33 percent of all injury and illness cases in2013. Nursing assistants and laborers and freight, stock, and material movers incurred the highest number of MSD cases in 2013. (See table 18.) MSD cases accounted for 53 percent of total cases that occurred to nursing assistants in 2013.'

 And to make matters worse the Center for Disease Control says that in 2013;

'The survey revealed that only 20.6 percent of people met the total recommended amounts of exercise -- about 23 percent of all surveyed men and 18 percent of surveyed women. People most likely to exercise were between the ages of 18 and 24 (almost 31 percent of exercisers).'

 20.6 percent exercise regularly! This shows how much of our society needs to be involved with some form of functional fitness. Even if weight training is part of a worker's lifestyle, functional movement exercises should be added to their training. Working at a job that requires physical abilities automatically puts one into the athlete category and needs to be treated as such. How many of those injuries that make up the 33% could have been prevented by a functional exercise program. How many of them occurred due to poor range of motion, weakness, obesity, or an imbalance in the body? Having a job with health care is nice, not having to use it is even nicer.

 For the professional trainers out there, ask your clients what they do for a living. For all you hard workers, get involved with a trainer and a physical activity that will increase your longevity at your job. Your fitness may even be called upon one day to rescue a co-worker, so be ready. From my own experiences as a 'hard working Joe', getting hurt sucks and not being able to perform a task is even worse. Train my friends - your job as an athlete depends on it.