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5 Game Changing DVRT ExercisesGreg Perlaki (DVRT UK Master Instructor) Today I’d like to highlight some of the most influential, powerful and game changing DVRT `Classics` that tru
The REAL Best Leg Exercises?Barbell back squats. Training the legs with anything else for me back in the day was ridiculous. Of course on leg day I would supplement my squats witBuilding Better Deadlifts & Kettlebell SwingsYea, I give deadlifts a hard time, but the truth is I like deadlifts. The issue I have is that most people claim that the more familiar forms of deadl
How Is Your Movement Literacy?That is a weird term isn’t it? Movement literacy? What doe sit even mean?!!! I wouldn’t have really gotten it, except the way that Dr. Jennifer Reiner
Warm-ups That Really MatterCory Cripe, DVRT Master (Creator of DVRT Movement Strength Programs) I’m pulling a Josh Henkin here and quoting a movie. This one is a top 10 for me, 
Why Your Ultimate Sandbag Cleans Stink!It is always awkward when people tag you in material on social media that actually makes you cringe. I say awkward because we know people have really 
How Thrusters Could Help Your ShouldersAnyone who has been training for any period of time knows one of the greatest challenges of being a coach is helping people where their goals seem imp
Fitness Coaching SHOULD Be So Much MoreI love the example renowned fitness expert, Alwyn Cosgrove gave. He asked, “if your best friend was the #1 plastic surgeon in London, you’d probably b
Ultimate Sandbag Workouts Unlike Anything ElseJessica hates many of my off the wall analogies. I can’t tell you how many times she has asked me, “how did you even come up with that?” Trust me, I a
Ultimate Sandbag Training Evolving FitnessI am not gonna lie, there are days that even I have doubt if we are doing the right thing. It isn’t though I am questioning if DVRT Ultimate Sandbag T
Are Weight Machines THAT Bad?!My first job ever in fitness was at a Bally’s in Mesa, Arizona. I was around 18 and I had just become a newly certified trainer and was scared beyond 
Not Just Pain Free, but BETTER SquatsCory Cripe, DVRT Master (Creator of DVRT Movement Strength Programs) Two times I have been told by professional strength & conditioning coaches that I
You Want Train Like A Pro?One of my goals with DVRT is to introduce our audience to the true great professionals in the health industry. I know, these people may not have the l
Why Your Strength Training SHOULD Go Sideways!This week I am wanting to really get after it! That is opening up what training for functional fitness and real world strength training is all about. 
What Does Functional Training Actually Mean?I wanted to have a whole bunch of different discussions this week on our blogs. I wanted to get into a few deeper topics about functional training, bu
The HIIT Workout That You NEEDWhen I think about doing a HIIT workout there is something that is very definitive that happens. It is the same butterflies that I get in my stomach t
Evolution of the Effective Warm-upGreg Perlaki, DVRT Master (DVRT Fitness UK) When starting out as a fitness coach I was shocked how many people (including professionals) don’t really 
Smarter HIIT WorkoutsI love the fact we do things now at DVRT differently than we did even just a few years ago. By being able to connect with so many great coaches DVRT k
Glute Exercises Worth MasteringI do wonder how it happened. When I got into the fitness industry, what most people said was important to them was what you probably would guess. Bett
The Oldest Core Exercises Ever?!I don’t know what it is, but when people see something they don’t recognize as an exercise they can lose their minds! Especially if it doesn’t fit int
Is the Deadlift the Best Hip Hinge?Cory Cripe, DVRT Master (Creator of DVRT Movement Strength) The hip hinge is one of the most fundamental movement patterns we can do, but we get it wr
Ultimate Sandbag Exercises for Smarter ShouldersYou would think that after lifting since the age of 14 they would be killing me! You would think that I had more than a few occasions where I dinged t
Ultimate Sandbag Exercises Evolving Our Functional FitnessI never really wanted to do things differently. For most of my lifting and professional career I would rely on textbooks, experience of top coaches, a
Stronger Knees Through Better ExercisesSeems to be the common “chicken or the egg” situation. So many people struggle with knees, yet, when you explain people to how lunges can be such a po