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09/03/2026

STORY FACTS: MOLLY SIETSMA 🏀

At ALPHA, we love the story of the athlete.

Every athlete has a different personality, different interests, different experiences—and that’s what makes their journey unique.

Today, meet future college basketball player Molly Sietsma and find out about some of her “Favorite Stuff”

🥩 Favorite Food: Steak
🏀 Favorite Athlete: Aliyah Boston
🎬 Favorite Movie: Michael Jackson

The athlete is more than the numbers, the stats and the highlights.

Get to know the person. Know the story.
That’s the ALPHA way.

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📚 ALPHA BOOK OF THE WEEK“Letters to a Young Athlete” — Chris BoshBeing an athlete is about so much more than what happen...
09/02/2026

đź“š ALPHA BOOK OF THE WEEK

“Letters to a Young Athlete” — Chris Bosh

Being an athlete is about so much more than what happens between the lines.

In Letters to a Young Athlete, NBA champion Chris Bosh shares lessons on the mindset, discipline, adversity, and personal growth required to build a meaningful athletic career—and an even more meaningful life.

At Alpha, we believe the goal isn’t simply to build better athletes.

It’s to build better people through sport.

đź’Ą ALPHA TAKEAWAYS:
• Your identity is bigger than your sport.
• Success is built through the daily process.
• Adversity is part of the journey—not the end of it.
• Stay curious. Stay coachable. Keep growing.
• What you become along the way matters more than what you accomplish.

Train your body. Build your mindset. Own your journey.

đź“š Battle Tested. Athlete Approved.

09/02/2026

🔥 ALPHA TOOL OF THE WEEK: VERTIMAX

Pause Jumps — Take the Arms Out. Turn the Legs Up.

The VertiMax is more than just a jump-training tool—it can change how an athlete produces power.

For this variation, athletes use the handles attached to the bungee cords instead of the traditional waist harness.

Why?

đźš« No arm swing.
⏸️ Pause. Reset.
đź’Ą Then EXPLODE.

Taking the arms out forces athletes to generate more power directly through the hips, knees and ankles, making the jump even more explosive.

It’s a simple variation with a big training effect:

Pause → Load → Explode → Land → Reset

At Alpha, we’re always looking for ways to challenge athletes to produce more power—not just jump higher.

Train with intent. Move with purpose. EXPLODE.

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Battle Tested. Athlete Approved.

08/31/2026

🔥 ALPHA MOVE OF THE WEEK

Safety Squat Bar Reverse Lunge

This week, we’re putting the Safety Squat Bar Reverse Lunge in the spotlight.

It’s more than a strength exercise—it’s an athletic movement that challenges the body to produce force, control position, and stabilize through a single-leg pattern.

đź’ĄWhy we love it:
• Builds single-leg strength and stability
• Develops glute and quad strength
• Challenges core stability under load
• Improves balance and body control
• Trains the ability to decelerate and produce force
• Carries over to sprinting, cutting, jumping and change of direction

The reverse lunge also allows athletes to train strength one leg at a time, helping expose and improve movement imbalances while building confidence under load.

At Alpha, we don’t just lift weights.

We train movements that transfer to sport.

Battle Tested. Athlete Approved.™

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Alpha Mindset:YOUR TEAM TRAINING IS THE FOUNDATION.YOUR EXTRA WORK IS THE EDGE.Train with your team.Compete with your te...
08/31/2026

Alpha Mindset:

YOUR TEAM TRAINING IS THE FOUNDATION.
YOUR EXTRA WORK IS THE EDGE.

Train with your team.
Compete with your teammates.
Build the culture.

But if you want to separate yourself, you have to invest in yourself beyond the team environment.

Different environment.
Different stimulus.
Different challenges.
More intentional development.

The goal isn’t to replace what you do at school.

It’s to build on it.

Because the best athletes don’t ask,
“What do I have to do?”

They ask:

“What more can I do?”

That’s the Alpha Mindset.

SHOW UP. WORK. SEPARATE.

ALPHA HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Battle Tested. Athlete Approved.

WE DON’T HAVE AN ATHLETE OF THE WEEK AWARD.And we’re okay with that.It’s absolutely worth celebrating an athlete’s achie...
08/29/2026

WE DON’T HAVE AN ATHLETE OF THE WEEK AWARD.

And we’re okay with that.

It’s absolutely worth celebrating an athlete’s achievements—PRs, championships, college commitments, big performances, and breakthroughs.

But at Alpha, we believe there’s something bigger to celebrate:

THE ATHLETE’S STORY.

Every athlete who walks through our doors brings a different story.

Different goals.
Different challenges.
Different motivation.
Different starting points.

And no two journeys look the same.

So rather than ranking one athlete above another, we celebrate the process each athlete is committed to mastering:

• The mindset when things get hard
• The preparation when no one is watching
• The discipline to keep showing up
• The work put in when progress feels slow
• The confidence built through training
• The performance that eventually follows

From Xavier Tillman Sr. competing at the highest level…

To Mallory Wandel chasing her Division I dream…

To Irelynn Bitson building her foundation as a young phenom…

Each journey is different.
Each story matters.

Our job at Alpha isn’t simply to help athletes achieve an outcome.

It’s to help them master the process that makes the outcome possible.

To help shape their story through mindset, training, performance and recovery.

With grace in how they carry themselves.
With power in how they compete.

Because at Alpha, we’re not just building athletes.

We’re helping build the story they’ll carry with them long after they leave our doors.

BATTLE TESTED. ATHLETE APPROVED.

08/24/2026

Alpha 1-on-1 Training: A Sunday with Kohbe

Sunday work with Rockford basketball player Kohbe B in a one-on-one session.

Three training blocks. One goal: build a more explosive, athletic basketball player.

đź’Ą Explosive movements
đź’Ą Isometrics
đź’Ą Jump rope
đź’Ą Hurdles
đź’Ą Vertimax
đź’Ą And finishing strong on the VersaClimber

Different tools. Different demands. One complete training session.

The work doesn’t stop when the week does.

Battle Tested. Athlete Approved.

08/21/2026

EXPLOSIVE SPEED STARTS HERE.

At Alpha Speed School, we’re using the Vertimax to challenge our athletes to produce power in new ways.

From straddle box jumps using the Vertimax handles to single-arm resistance jumps, lateral hurdle hops, etc, athletes are learning to apply force explosively while controlling their body and maintaining quality movement.

It’s not just about jumping higher—it’s about developing the ability to produce power, absorb force, stabilize, and explode again.

That’s what Speed School is all about: building athletes who are faster, more explosive, and more powerful.

🔥 Train explosive. Move with purpose. Perform at your best.

Alpha Human Performance
Battle Tested. Athlete Approved.

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