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Get Strong Without Breaking Your Back!Seeing people’s reactions to some of our DVRT drills really amazes me. We live in a time where if something doesn’t make immediate sense to us, we wri
3 Ultimate Sandbag Exercises That People Screw Up!If I had to narrow down the challenges of teaching DVRT Ultimate Sandbag exercises to the industry, one would HAVE to be how people miss the details a
Avoid This Common Ultimate Sandbag Training Mistake!When it comes to “sandbag training” there aren’t a lot of rules. Just grab and do “stuff” is how most people approached using a sandbag. Heck, when I 
The Better Leg Exercises?You can’t do it in fitness, can you? That is, challenge popular ideas that are pretty much cemented in the fitness mindset. One of the biggest is that
Shoveling for 3-D Power Training!Cory Cripe, DVRT Master (Creator of DVRT Movement Strength) I was really excited to see that shoveling was included in the DVRT Big 6 because of how h
How to Build Better Pull-upsI remember growing up, I hated it! When Presidential fitness testing came around to our P.E. class I just felt my hope sink. Like so many young people
10 Most Popular Squat MistakesWe get excited to offer our DVRT community new opportunities to understand what functional fitness is all about. The most difficult thing today isn’t 
How to Make a REAL Difference in Shoulder MobilityWhen something becomes popular we assume it is good. I often find myself talking like an “old man” because when you have done something for 20 plus ye
The Truth About The PlankIt couldn’t be easier right? Get people to plank well and we have great core strength and open the playbook to a whole bunch of really cool core exerc
The Best Single Leg Exercise You Miss!People that think about functional training think about strength a lot differently than those that focus upon bodybuilding. It isn’t you are a “bad” oDeadlift & Low Back Pain, A Good Combo?Jessica Bento, Physical Therapist (DVRT Restoration Certification, DVRT Pelvic Control, & DVRT Shoulder Course Creator) I can’t help when I see grand 
The Best Deadlift You Aren’t UsingCory Cripe, DVRT Master, (Creator DVRT Movement Strength) To be honest, I really want to start writing about my experience and feelings of the DVRT Bi
How Carries Lead to the Best Core and Glute TrainingJessica Bento, Physical Therapist (Creator of DVRT Restoration, Pelvic Control, & Shoulder Course) I can’t help it, the glasses I will always look thr
Training for the Ultimate Sandbag Big 6….Sandbag ShoulderingAs we have been setting standards for what makes one “strong” in DVRT, we realize the inherent challenge is that people will become focused upon the s
Training Like A SuperheroSteve Di Tomaso (Co-owner Envision Fitness), DVRT Master Instructor At a glance of my Instagram profile it’s not hard to tell that I’m a huge comic bo
To Plank Or Not To PlankJessica Bento, Physical Therapist (creator of DVRT Restoration, DVRT Pelvic Control) Scroll through any social media feed and I am willing to bet that
The Forgotten Movement PatternIt was around 1998 and I was just blown away! I had never thought of training in this manner, it was a whole new way of thinking about strength traini
4 Core Exercises For Real World StrengthI’m not going to lie, it is pretty sweet to have such a smart wife to bounce ideas off of as we continue to try to bring the unique aspects of DVRT to
How to Measure Real World Strength TrainingIn today’s fitness landscape, knowing what to do and where you are going with your training has probably never been more difficult. There are plenty o
Cleaning Up Your Deadlift!Cory Cripe, DVRT Master, (Creator DVRT Movement Strength) I still remember the smell of my high school gym in the 90s with the sounds of heavy rock thGoing Beyond the Kettlebell SwingOne of the hardest things to do in fitness is to make people see that we don’t have individual exercises, but a continuum of movement. It is a challen
Why The Oddest Core Exercises?I grew up the middle of three boys, each of us about three years apart. As anyone that has siblings knows, when you get something cool, the others wan
Better Than The Bench Press!Even though I played (okay, we should put play in quotation marks because I mostly made sure the bench didn’t fly up) college basketball, I wasn’t a p
The BIGGEST Power Clean Mistake!Trying to teach what we are REALLY trying to accomplish with DVRT can be tough! That is mostly because no matter what, we have to start with a solid f