Truths about Exercise: Dispelling Exercise Myths and Misconceptions At Vertex Fitness, we believe the most important part of helping people achieve results is through the education we provide and dispelling exercise myths and misconceptions.” Dispelling exercise myths and misconceptions #1 –...
High Intensity Training (HIT) May Prevent Heart Disease The study included 57 adolescent schoolchildren (47 boys and 10 girls) who were randomly assigned to high intensity training (HIT) or moderate intensity exercise groups. Both groups did three exercise sessions a...
The Correct Weight Training and Exercise Repetitions A full range repetition should be taken through the complete range of joint movement in a slow controlled manner, if the weight is so heavy so you have to jerk it bounce...
Exercise and Body Types What body type are you? I read this article on the different body types. I had some very good points. I believe that most of us can fall under more then one of the three body...
Some Exercise History Ok, so we now know what exercise is, how did it all start? When did we discover that purposely making our bodies’ stronger would result in healthier, easier, living? Here is some exercise history. Milo of Croton....
How Exercise Works A lot of people go out and exercise, but how many people really know what they’re doing? I’m not talking about their technical knowledge, or if they know what muscle they’re using, what I am talking about...
Why People Don’t Exercise How many times a week do you see or hear in the news about the nation’s obesity epidemic? We hear over and over again about the increasing percentage of the U.S. population that is overweight and...
Fitness Trends: Why There Are So Many Products Available In our last post we started to discuss how the fitness industry is constantly attempting to create new forms of exercise to promote to the general public and fitness professionals alike....
Electrolytes and Exercise During an aerobic or even an aerobic, the in-take of electrolytes is very important for the human body. They are chemical substances that when dissolved or lost in sweat, they are missing the electrically charged particles or...
Reducing Body Fat Over the last couple weeks many people have asked me for fitness tips. Most of the questions were, “How do I lose fat?” I’m not a registered dietician, but it all comes down to basic common sense....