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The Best Squat For Mobility, Strength, Stability, & Power

We keep hearing that if you want strong legs you have to barbell back squat. This is one of my favorite examples of what is known as “gym science”. Meaning, an idea that gets promoted heavily through many gyms, but […]

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How To Get SOOO Much More Out Of Deadlifts

I’ve heard it probably now for the past 10-15 years…”If you want strong glutes, hamstrings, and low back, then you gotta deadlift!” or something like “if you want real functional strength that you gotta do your deadlifts.” The reality is […]

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Why We Don’t Understand Glute Training At All!

Sometimes when I feel stuck what to write about, social media gives me a gift. After all, I’ve been writing articles online since 2001, so you can imagine the ideas start to feel sometimes too repetitive. However, after engaging with […]

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Bad Vs. Good Kettlebell Swing Progressions

When I got into kettlebells back in 2002, THE exercise that was most intriguing to me was the kettlebell swing. It might have been that it was so incredibly unusual of a movement at the time, or could have been […]

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The Good & Bad Of Crawling Exercises

I remember it was one of the most challenging things we use to do for conditioning in high school. Off-season basketball was far worse than in-season, which is why we dreaded getting ready for the season. While the pre-season was […]

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Why Shoulder Mobility Is A Health Issue!

Jessica Bento, Physical Therapist (Creator DVRT Restoration Certification, DVRT Rx Shoulder, Knees, Pelvic Control, & Gait Courses) “If you can’t put your arms overhead, that is not a fitness issue, is a health issue.”-Dr. Lee Burton I couldn’t agree with […]

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Why You Don’t Know Squat About Squats

I can say most people don’t know squat about squats because for some time I didn’t either! For many years I bought into the idea, that if you wanted to build muscle and great strength, you had to do some […]

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Why The Ultimate Sandbag Changes Your Training

Jessica Bento, Physical Therapist (Creator DVRT Restoration Certification, DVRT Rx Shoulder, Knees, Pelvic Control, & Gait Courses) If I had to narrow down the top question I get, it would have to be this one… “what if I don’t have […]

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Why Stability Training Doesn’t Work

One of the best pieces of fitness advice I ever received was “not to speak in absolutes.” I know, there are things right now you believe really strongly in and you feel so sure they are right. However, I can […]

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