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2024-12-29
Avoid THESE Workout Mistakes In The New Year
This time of year is a great opportunity to discuss ideas that really are applicable for any time you train. The difference is people tend to be a bit more motivated and focused on fitness because it feels like a […]
read more2024-11-19
Why Calf Raises Are Not That Great for Knee Pain
Jessica Bento, Physical Therapist (Creator DVRT Restoration Certification, DVRT Rx Shoulder, Knees, Pelvic Control, & Gait Courses) Ah, the calf raise. You know the drill. Stand tall, plant your feet shoulder-width apart, and slowly raise your heels off the ground, […]
read more2024-10-9
The Death of Functional Training
Jessica Bento, Physical Therapist (Creator DVRT Restoration Certification, DVRT Rx Shoulder, Knees, Pelvic Control, & Gait Courses) Gather around, fitness enthusiasts, skeptics, and everyone in between! Today, we’re here to pay our respects to a beloved yet bewildering concept in […]
read more2024-09-26
The Superiority of Functional Training Over Machine Weights
Jessica Bento, Physical Therapist (Creator DVRT Restoration Certification, DVRT Rx Shoulder, Knees, Pelvic Control, & Gait Courses) In recent years, I’ve seen the fitness industry, as well as the therapy world, start to move away from functional training, and it […]
read more2024-03-11
How To Build Glutes Smarter & Get Stronger
There is a weird narrative out there in social media land (I don’t know if I consider social media the real world so I give its own designation) that when you train in “functional” ways you don’t build muscle as […]
read more2024-01-17
Understanding What Functional Movement Really Means
Discussing training theory is great and citing research is very important, but in the end, I think nothing tells more about what a person actually believes in than the programs they put together. After looking at program after program and […]
read more2024-01-14
Why Fitness For Life Is Silly
After almost 25 years of writing blog posts, it can feel as though I don’t know what else to write about. Fortunately, social media keeps providing me endless ideas as bad ideas get espoused faster than I could possibly write […]
read more2023-12-11
Why Heavy Strength Training Doesn’t Build The BEST Strength
If you asked me, when I first started off in the fitness and performance industry, what was the key to building great strength and muscle, I am 99.9% sure I would have told you “lifting heavy”. After all, that seems […]
read more2023-10-7
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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