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2021-06-12
Better Periodization For General Fitness
Periodization is a big word used in the strength training world. At a very basic level, it simply refers to planning. Planning of what? The goal and why periodization came about was from Olympic coaches (predominately in Easter European countries) […]
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Being A Smarter Fitness Business Pro
When I was finishing college, every Friday afternoon I would rush to our computer commons so that I could print off the new articles that were posted on my favorite training website. In the late ’90’s, internet magazines were just […]
read more2021-06-8
How To Get WAY More Strength & Conditioning
When I began my coaching career 25 years ago, strength training was done with weights (both free weights and machines) and “conditioning” was what you did on cardio equipment. Then we started to realize we were missing a great opportunity […]
read more2021-06-6
Why Most Glute Workouts Stink!
It was the late 90’s and I was finishing up my degree in Exercise Science when I was also frantically taking as many continuing education courses by coaches in the field. This was a time where the educational opportunities were […]
read more2021-05-30
Best & Worst Chest Exercises
You don’t normally see us writing about concepts like body part exercises. That is because we know it goes against how the body is designed to work, but we also know that a lot of people work out simply to […]
read more2021-05-29
Why Go WAY Beyond The Side Plank
It is kinda my running joke when I present at conferences. When you look at the number of exercises people know when it comes to sagittal plane training, it almost seems endless. However, when we start going to frontal plane […]
read more2021-05-28
Do This Exercise Not That One!
Probably one of the most unique aspects of DVRT isn’t anything that has to do with the training tool or the system of progressions. It is our very simple, but almost no one else says it, philosophy that “you don’t […]
read more2021-05-23
3 Killer Total Body Kettlebell & Ultimate Sandbag Workouts
A well meaning soundbite in fitness that always drives me nuts is “more tools for the toolbox”. Why? Isn’t it good to have as many tools in your toolbox as possible? I’ll use myself as an example of why this […]
read more2021-05-22
The Best Core Exercise For Mobility & Strength
When something looks TOTALLY different than anything you have ever seen before, it is easy to simply write it off as “weird” or “circus trick”. Those may be true in this day and age of social media, but for […]
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