Is a Post-Workout Beer Really That Bad For You? How Many Drinks Until Recovery is Spoiled? There’s nothing like getting done a tough workout on a Saturday afternoon and cracking open a cold one. When you feel accomplished and strong after a solid workout, a drink can be a nice reward. Now, if that drink…
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What Do You Get For Your Halloween Candy Calories? As a trainer, the last thing I want to tell everyone is that if they eat any Halloween candy at all, they won’t be healthy. The road to fitness and good health just isn’t a zero-sum game like that. It requires gradual changes and shifts in…
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How Strength Training Can Help Prevent or Reverse Osteoporosis What is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a disease in which the bones in our bodies become weak and brittle. Bones are a very dense tissue made up mostly of collagen and calcium. When someone is diagnosed with osteoporosis, this means that the bones are losing so much…
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Calorie Counting is the Worst if You Try to Be a Control Freak – (My Fitness Journey – Vertex Fitness Diary 9) I’m trying to think of something that makes me enjoy eating food less than calorie counting everything that I eat, and all I’m coming up with is food poisoning. The first time I…
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**FOR SALE** Negative Attitude Leg Press **FOR SALE** For more information please contact Dwayne Wimmer at dwayne@vertexft.com or 610 525 6604 (Click the images to enlarge.) The Negative Attitude line of plate loaded equipment was developed and sold by Randy Rindfleisch. It was designed to allow a trainer or training partner to easily assist…
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THE IDEAL FIT Vertex Fitness Owner Dwayne Wimmer is revolutionizing the Main Line fitness industry through science-based research and personalized programs for all. In an ever-changing society of experimental programs and fitness fads, it’s easy to get wrapped up in what momentarily appears to be trending. However, some of these much-talked about fads designed for…
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Muscle and Function: Teres Major The Teres Major is responsible for shoulder adduction, shoulder extension, and medial rotation of the arm. Another very important function of the Teres Major is scapula stabilization. I want you to visualize the act of tying an apron. As you pull your arm back behind your torso to tie your…
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Steve Morrison From Clanking Weights to Getting Results – Client Spotlight Steve Morrison, who you may recognize as a morning host of WMMR’s Preston and Steve Show in Philadelphia, is known for his humor and quick wit. After joining Philadelphians on their morning commute, he makes the ride over to Vertex Fitness Personal Training Studio.…
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Trainer Nation Workshop Exclusively at Vertex Fitness, Sunday, Nov. 12 Internationally renowned Trainer Nation Workshop by Edward L. Gober partners with the Main Line’s Best-Selling Author and Fitness Expert, Dwayne Wimmer of Vertex Fitness in Bryn Mawr, PA for TWO EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL TRAINING CONTINUED EDUCATION SESSIONS on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 from 10am-3pm. This exclusive one-day accredited…
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The Benefits of Not Exercising Alone Exercising alone can be boring, not fun, and sometimes too easy. When things aren’t fun we tend to stop doing them. When we get bored, we find something else to do. When things get difficult, we tend to give up. All of these tendencies cause higher rates of failure…
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