We have all but eliminated the frustration that most Students face when learning a new skill and we have made it easy for coaches and instructors to teach it. Less drills, more get-it-right-from-the-start instruction. And where progressions are required, we prefer progressions to train the skills, progressions that are strengthening methods themselves, as opposed to crutches or training wheel type approaches you’ll find elsewhere that must be trained out of eventually.

The learning curve here is infinitely cut and consistency is achieved, which lacks in a drill based approach, where you will start to find that only the best—the naturals—really succeed at coaching from the start. We believe any coach should be able to educate through a coaching org and come out learning how to practice and coach well.

Our approach to Strength, from concept to practice, is revolutionary. Come see for yourself.

From breathing to barbell to bodyweight, from clubs to kettlebells, and all the modality merging in between—you’re in the right place. DV8 course and certification content is not only ever evolving, but it continues to be the first and only constant in offering a truly mixed modality approach to training, to coaching, and to certifying. Phil Scarito is a career-long pioneer and proponent of this in-depth practice, internationally sought for his work in identifying and delineating the mechanics of how modalities enhance one another to provide you with the most optimized experience as the student.

When you certify to teach in modalities like kettlebells through educational organizations, you’re required to learn, practice, and then test in teaching. Correct? Think again. Here at DV8, when you come to certify, you learn a consistent, fully replicable, premier system of instruction. You practice coaching throughout the entire weekend, and you receive in-hand materials to do so, for use throughout the certification weekend, as well as to bring back and integrate into your practice. And, what would seem obvious but arguably is unfortunately not industry standard—here at DV8, you are tested on your coaching skills as an integral part of your requirements to pass.

With DV8, you have the true opportunity to learn direct from the source. Not only in course and certification settings, but also one-to-one, in-person or virtually. This is a considerable divergence from many physical education and certifying institutions. In educating here, you are not only guaranteed to meet, but also to consistently learn directly with the developer of all DV8 content, a many decade renowned industry educator who considers himself a student above all else, to this day. What’s more, Scarito does not let his skills stagnate on the background under the guise of research. Research is also—and to him, it is primarily—practice. Practice in the field. Never ending practice. Practice that improves, not practice that is meant to reinforce what he already believes to be true.

Like what you see? Literally speaking.

Nothing on this site is a staged photo. Every image was captured at an actual course through DV8. How you do anything is how you do everything. Breaking industry standards, from start to finish.

Will you be here next? Dare to DV8.

Are you extending your learning curve for someone else’s bottom line? Come learn the fundamentals of practicing and teaching, more efficiently, and with less out of your pocket. Out of decades of experience, we know well the buzz of misdirection making it look more difficult than it is to learn and practice, from beginner to advanced skills. And hey, it makes sense! Myths and marketing: Great for profit, poor for your wallet, worse for your education and practice. “High level” created-notoriety through difficulty is not the goal for DV8 operators. Teaching well, from the start, is. Are you spinning wheels that are better reinvented?

How you do anything is how you do everything. At DV8 we believe firmly that in a true school, the students are center stage, they drive the education. The students are our roots—and have been from day one. So, while we’ve got high profile (but non-student) industry nods in the file, you won’t find one of them here. What you will find are all completely unsolicited words by message or post from actual students. You won’t even find one derived from course follow-up evaluation. All real, all organic, all self started, and all actual DV8 students. Breaking industry standards, where you may not even think to look. We know, because we’ve been there. Master the basics to own the advanced. In all ways.

Dare to DV8.