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Colts trading bench presses for Turkish getups

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ANDERSON – It’s called a Turkish getup. And if you’ve never heard of it, then you and Colts defensive end Kendall Langford have something in common.

It looks rather ridiculous, this funky, multi-step, kettle-bell exercise that you’ll likely never see performed at your local gym and certainly would not expect to see in an NFL weight room.

Yet this exercise, and others like it, has become a workout staple for Langford and his teammates. And the story of how that came to be, the Colts hope, will be one of the reasons they are both healthier and better prepared for 2016.