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2025-12-31
How Fitness Keeps Getting New Year’s Resolutions WRONG & How To Fix It
Every January, fitness braces for the same cycle. Motivation is high, schedules fill up, and “this year will be different” is everywhere. And yet, by February or March, many of those same clients have disappeared. A Forbes Health/OnePoll survey reported […]
read more2025-11-28
The Death of Functional Training & Why It’s Time to Bring It Back
Jessica Bento, Physical Therapist (Creator of DVRT Restoration, DVRT Rx Shoulder, Knee, Pelvic Control, & Gait Courses) There was a time when the term functional training meant something powerful. It wasn’t just a buzzword; it was a revolution in how […]
read more2024-12-29
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 […]
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