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Fascia: What’s Actually True, What’s Marketing, and Why It Matters for Strength TrainingSomewhere along the way, fascia went from “that stringy white stuff on a chicken breast” to the internet’s favorite explanation for literally everythi
Recording Of Myofascial Integrated Movement WebinarIf you missed our live webinar, Improve Adherence, Stress Resilience, and Lasting Mobility with Evidence-Based Mind-Body Practices, good news…the full
Better Hip Mobility Starts With Moving Like Your Glutes Actually WorkMost hip mobility routines look the same: a lunge stretch, a pigeon pose, maybe a 90/90 transition. They’re not useless, but they share a blind spot. 
Cardio, Strength, & Mobility At The Same Time!In a world that gets more hectic, time efficiency is not only going to continue to be at top of mind of those wanting to exercise, but a priority. Tha
Why Mind-Body Fitness Beats Isolated Shoulder Exercises (According to the Research)Ask most people how to fix a stiff, painful shoulder, and you’ll get some version of the same answer: do more shoulder exercises. External rotations w
Top 5 Drills For Strength, Stability, Mobility, & Fascial MovementThere’s a reason Myofascial Integrated Movement (MIM) has become so popular in and beyond our DVRT community. People are drawn to the idea instinctive
How to Stay Consistent With Exercise When You Don’t Feel MotivatedBeing “disciplined” when life is going generally well can sound like logical motivation. I mean, if we just aren’t super excited about training, but w
Why Better Upper Body Exercises Start Below the ShouldersWalk into almost any gym and “upper body day” still looks remarkably similar. Benches, shoulder presses, rows, curls, and triceps work dominate the se
What Fitness Gets Wrong About Explosive PowerFor most of my career, if you had told me Tai Chi could teach me something about explosive power, I probably would have been MORE than skeptical. Like
Hamstring Tightness Isn’t a Flexibility ProblemTight hamstrings are something that I think I have been dealing with since I was a teenager. When I hurt my back at 14, therapists had me stretching a
Side Planks Are Not An Oblique Exercise, But Rather….Ask most people what a side plank is for, and you’ll hear the same answer: it works the obliques. Look at how it gets programmed almost everywhere a s
Have Back Pain? Do Nothing?! Crazy But Right!In one of our recent online Masterclasses, a student asked a question that comes in many forms: “Some days I wake up with a tight back. What should I 
2 VERY Different & Powerful Squats For Stability & StrengthAsk most people what makes a squat variation “different,” and they’ll point to depth, tempo, or how much weight is on the bar. Change where the load s
The Most Underrated Shoulder Solution You’re Not DoingShoulder mobility is something that limits SOOOO many people from training like they would really like. After over 30 years of coaching, restricted sh
The “Just Push the Plate Away” Myth And Why It Fails Almost EveryoneIf you’ve spent any time in fitness spaces, you’ve heard some version of it: weight loss really just comes down to willpower. Eat less. Push the plate
5 Key Movements to Help Prevent (and Address) Knee IssuesKnee pain rarely starts at the knee. Most of the time, it’s the result of what’s happening or not happening at the joints and tissues around it: the a
How I Train Even When I Don’t Feel GreatI’ll be honest with you: there are plenty of days I don’t feel inspired to train. My health conditions mean I’m competing for energy on a daily basis,
Why Rotational Training Might Be the Missing Piece in Your ProgramMost training programs are built almost entirely around moving forward and backward; squats, presses, rows, lunges. Useful, foundational movements, buWhy Reflexive Core Stability IS The GoalMost people think of “core training” as something you do deliberately tighten your abs, hold a plank, brace before a lift. That kind of conscious brac
Medicine Ball Slam Deserves Better Than “Just Get Tired”Walk into almost any gym and you’ll see the same thing happen with medicine ball slams: someone picks up the ball, hoists it overhead, and hurls it do
The Healthy Aging Mistake Almost Everyone MakesAs an 18 year old trainer (yea, when I really began) training the “healthy aging” population sounded like training “old people.” To be honest, I was a
Unlocking Better Shoulder, Hip, & Core Stability & StrengthMost people assume building real strength, stability, and mobility requires more: more weight, more exercises, more separate work for each individual 
Strength, Stability, Mobility, Conditioning — One MovementMost training programs build strength, mobility, stability, and conditioning as separate categories. strength, stability, mobility and conditioning wo
The Unlikely Exercise That Builds a Stronger, More Stable YouSome of the most powerful training progressions don’t look impressive at first glance. No heavy load. No dramatic range of motion. Just a controlled s