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November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month Alzheimer’s Disease can be devastating for the families that are affected. In honor of November’s Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness month, we’re going to take a look at what it is, what the early warning...
Muscle Mass, A New Vital Sign? Your vital signs are all of the typical stats that they typically take on you when you go to the doctor’s office or the emergency room–typically your blood pressure, weight, and pulse. But some...
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...
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...
Depressive Symptoms, How Resistance Training Can Reduce Them When people think of exercise, they often only look at the physical benefits. Most people choose to exercise because they want to get in shape and be stronger. However, recent studies provide...
Exercise Induced Headache (EIH): What You Need to Know This is an important PSA about a health issue that could affect anyone while working out: it’s known as an Exercise Induced Headache, or EIH. If you ever feel yourself developing...
Ladies Night Out with Vertex Fitness: Presenting on “First Do No Harm” Vertex Fitness’s Dwayne Wimmer is thrilled to be presenting at the next Main Line Today event, “Ladies Night Out“. This fun inaugural event will be taking place at The...
April is National Mental Health Month – Improve Your Mental Health with Strength Training For national mental health month, we’re going to take a look at how high-intensity strength training can improve several symptoms and aspects of your mental health....