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Posts filed under: Strength Training

Proving Age Is But A Number What is holding you back from taking some time out of your day to train? Do you think you can’t work around injury or do you think you can’t because of your age? Dean...
Vertex Client David Broida, Still Skiing Strong at 70 Years of Age Yes, I am skiing strong and that’s World Ski Champion Lindsey Vonn and me at the World Alpine Ski Championships at Beaver Creek (Feb. 2015).  Lindsay brought home...
Muscle and Function: The Rhomboid Muscles In thirty plus years in the health and fitness industry, I have never heard anyone say, “I really want to work on my Rhomboid Muscles!” However, despite their non-sexy role in human movement, the...
Feel The Burn – DOMS DOMS. I would say it is the most complained about aspect of training. DOMS is an acronym that stands for Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. The feelings of soreness derive from micro trauma where the muscle...
Muscle and Function: The Gluteus Medius Muscle One of the most used, but least known muscles in the body is the gluteus medius. Partially covered by the Gluteus Maximus, the Gluteus Medius originates along the iliac crest and inserts into...
Biceps; Not Just for the Flexing? When someone tells you to “make a muscle”, they aren’t asking to see your quad. They want you to flex your biceps. The biceps brachii or “biceps” are one of the more popular muscles...
Exercise is Bad? We have all heard about the good things that happen to your mind and body when you exercise. Have you ever heard that exercise is bad for you? The short answer is “yes,” exercise can be bad...
Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation – R.I.C.E. At some point in time it happens to all of us. We get hurt. We could sprain an ankle, strain a hamstring, or tweak our back. It usually happens when we are doing...
How Muscles Contract How many times have you heard us tell you to contract your muscles or pull this muscle here to produce this movement? Probably every workout, right? Have you ever considered what goes on in your body to...
The Vertex Shuffle Its called the Vertex Shuffle and it goes something like this: After completing a set on the Leg Press, the client emits a dull whimper and slides her legs slowly off the footplate and onto the ground....