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2026-10-4
Cardio, Strength, & Mobility At The Same Time!
In a world that gets more hectic, time efficiency is not only going to continue to be at top of mind of those wanting to exercise, but a priority. That is the same attitude I always took coaching with clients […]
read more2026-09-28
Why Mind-Body Fitness Beats Isolated Shoulder Exercises (According to the Research)
Ask most people how to fix a stiff, painful shoulder, and you’ll get some version of the same answer: do more shoulder exercises. External rotations with a band, wall slides, maybe some pendulum swings. And to be fair, those exercises […]
read more2026-09-27
Top 5 Drills For Strength, Stability, Mobility, & Fascial Movement
There’s a reason Myofascial Integrated Movement (MIM) has become so popular in and beyond our DVRT community. People are drawn to the idea instinctively to not separate the qualities of strength, balance, stability, mobility, and more. I’ve even recently heard […]
read more2026-09-20
How to Stay Consistent With Exercise When You Don’t Feel Motivated
Being “disciplined” when life is going generally well can sound like logical motivation. I mean, if we just aren’t super excited about training, but we know we have time, that life isn’t throwing us some major curve balls, and such, […]
read more2026-09-13
Why Better Upper Body Exercises Start Below the Shoulders
Walk into almost any gym and “upper body day” still looks remarkably similar. Benches, shoulder presses, rows, curls, and triceps work dominate the session, often performed while sitting or lying on benches that intentionally minimize the contribution of the lower […]
read more2026-09-8
What Fitness Gets Wrong About Explosive Power
For most of my career, if you had told me Tai Chi could teach me something about explosive power, I probably would have been MORE than skeptical. Like a lot of fitness professionals, I put “mind-body” exercise into a particular […]
read more2026-09-6
Hamstring Tightness Isn’t a Flexibility Problem
Tight hamstrings are something that I think I have been dealing with since I was a teenager. When I hurt my back at 14, therapists had me stretching and stretching my hamstrings. Looking back, I don’t think that tight hamstrings […]
read more2026-08-31
Side Planks Are Not An Oblique Exercise, But Rather….
Ask most people what a side plank is for, and you’ll hear the same answer: it works the obliques. Look at how it gets programmed almost everywhere a static hold, tacked onto the end of a core circuit, treated as […]
read more2026-08-27
Have Back Pain? Do Nothing?! Crazy But Right!
In one of our recent online Masterclasses, a student asked a question that comes in many forms: “Some days I wake up with a tight back. What should I do?” I told them: nothing. Not right away, at least. I […]
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