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Resistance Exercise Misconceptions: Exercise Duration When it comes to resistance exercise, it is easy to get the wrong idea. A lot of people avoid it because they think they don’t have the time or they don’t need it. However, resistance...
Should You Try Pre Exhaust Training? The HIT (High Intensity Training) method suggests that you reach momentary muscular failure–that moment when you resist against the resistance, and for just a moment, you are incapable of overcoming the resistance. HIT is...
Muscle and Function: Erector Spinae The erector spinae muscles are a group of muscles along the vertebral column. Collectively, they are responsible for back extension as well as extension of the neck and sideways movement of the head. It is...
August is National Golf Month – Vertex Fitness Can Help with Golf Sports Conditioning If you plan to hit the links during the beautiful remaining days of summer, consider improving your game with sports conditioning boosted by the strength training...
Resistance Training is Medicine: Effects of Strength Training on Health: Heart Health (Part 2) This week, we are going to continue our look at the article published by Wayne Westcott, PhD for Current Sports Medicine Reports titled “Resistance Training is Medicine: Effects...
Correct Form is Everything – A New Client’s Experience at Vertex Fitness I’ve played sports my whole life and have worked with personal trainers before, but Vertex is different. In the past, I would obsess over how much weight I...
The “PHIT Act” And What you Need to Know Having a healthy lifestyle could potentially get a lot easier. The Personal Health Investment Today Act (PHIT) would allow people to use pre-tax medical accounts to pay for costs associated with...
Resistance Training is Medicine: Effects of Strength Training on Health (Part 1) We are going to take a look at an article published by Wayne Westcott, PhD for Current Sports Medicine Reports titled “Resistance Training is Medicine: Effects of Strength...
The Unguarded Moment – Resistance Exercise can Help Back Problems Back problems has become all too prevalent in today’s society. Typical solutions include surgery and medication. However, Vert Mooney, M.D., a clinical professor of Orthopedics at the University of California-...
The Importance of Conditioning and Strengthening Your Lower Back Many of your favorite sports, hobbies, and daily activities recruit strength and stability from your lower back . Not only that, but lower back pain is one of the most common...