Self Care Means That You Do Not Get To Skip Leg Presses – (My Fitness Journey – Vertex Fitness Diary 3) When I met Dwayne for our workout last week, he grinned and asked me what it was like being famous. See, I went viral last week, and the strain of having so many eyes…
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April is Autism Awareness Month April is Autism Awareness month, so I’d like to take this opportunity to do something a little different with the blog. I spend a lot of time dispelling health and fitness misconceptions, so this month I’d like to discuss some of the common misconceptions surrounding autism. Every month, we support…
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How to Fit Exercise Into a Busy Lifestyle – Client Spotlight, Nadja Mencin For Nadja Mencin’s crazy busy life, Vertex Fitness was the perfect fit. As a fourth year medical student of Drexel University set to graduate in May, Nadja will be focusing on physical rehabilitation at a facility in the Bronx, helping folks with…
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A Brief Guide to Natural Sweeteners Most of us consume sweeteners every day — whether in our morning coffee, as a dessert or as ingredients in food products we love. New natural sweeteners — meaning they come from plant sources versus being synthetically produced — are cropping up on supermarket shelves, but many of us…
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Easy Ways You Can Add More Protein To Your Diet You know that eating well requires you to include veggies, whole grains, and fruits into your diet, but do you get enough protein? Typically, protein is found in foods such as eggs, meat, chicken, fish, and beans — but not all of us are getting…
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The Truth About Core Exercises Grab your anatomy book and look up the word “core”. You won’t find it. That’s because the entire concept of Core Exercises is a made up marketing term. Your “core”, as the term is commonly used, can refer to anything in your mid-torso. This includes muscles such as your rectus…
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The Low Down on Intermittent Fasting Call it Intermittent Fasting (IF), alternate day fasting, 5:2 Diet, 4:3 Diet, 18-hour Diet, Every Other Day Diet, Fast Diet or Starvation Diet, but going without food for a period of time each week continues to gain attention in the scientific community. Here at Wellness Nutrition Concepts, LLC, it’s…
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Weight-Loss Tips For Late-Night Snackers It’s not easy to fall asleep with a growling stomach, and it’s harder to ignore the temptation to snack when you’re watching what you eat! Eating a healthy, hearty dinner to tide your body over is important. If you forgo dinner to feed the kids or help them finish homework,…
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Celebrate International Women’s Day with Strength Training We’re going to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th this year, so I thought that it was a great time to discuss the benefits of strength training for women. Before we even get started, let me dispel a common myth that keeps men strength training while women…
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Workout, Your Husband Will Love Your Butt – (My Fitness Journey – Vertex Fitness Diary 2) I’m going to share a secret with you that you probably already knew—muscle fatigue is not actually fun. About half of those workout posts on Pinterest are LYING. Probably everything you’ve ever seen in a Lululemon ad is also lying.…
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