Success in Wealth and Health: More Similar Than You Think At an early age my parents taught me the importance of saving money and investing for the future. These conversations, although the best advice and information they could give me at the time, never really resonated. Why you ask? Lets face it, kids and long-term…
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The Importance of Work Ethic in Maintaining Your Health To succeed at anything, you have to work for it. Nothing of value comes easy. Whether its a higher paying job, weight loss or muscle growth, the value of work ethic still applies. You have to work through the rough patches to achieve the goals you…
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Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable Why are we so scared to do things that we aren’t used to doing? Why do we fear change or failure? What is that weird sickening feeling in our stomachs that feels like a bodily shutdown has occurred? These are all questions we should ask ourselves when the symptoms of fear…
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The Importance of Sleep The purpose of exercise is to change your body in a positive manner; we overload your muscles so that they are stimulated to change by growing stronger. However, increases in muscle size, muscle strength, and stamina do not happen while you are working out. Those changes occur when you sleep! We’ve…
DetailsEven Muscles Work as a Team Much like a team, you are only as strong as your weakest link. Studies have shown, that in order to get the most out of a team effort, everyone must work as hard as they can. If one muscle is stronger than the other, the stronger muscles wont get much…
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Tight IT Band? While it is more commonly known as “runner’s knee,” IT band friction syndrome does not spare cyclists. Symptoms include pain on the outside of the knee, tenderness and sometimes swelling. IT pain is typically associated with prolonged, repetitive activity. But more advanced cases may cause pain when simply walking or going up…
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Why Stop Exercising? Over the years, my exercise habits have fluctuated (“Wait a minute” you say, “you work at a Personal Training studio! You can exercise whenever you want.” Trust me, after a 10 hour day, sometimes staying that extra half-hour, exercising just isn’t going to happen) Right now, I’m on a pretty good schedule…
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How Vertex Helped Me Grow Professionally I am Ray Rabchuk, I started working at Vertex Fitness Personal Training Studio in 2010. I came to Vertex Fitness no experience as a personal trainer, in business or sales. I also lacked networking experience, never really going out of my way to meet people. Getting in to any type of…
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My Vertex Fitness Experience It’s only been a few weeks since I jumped off life’s all too real ledge quitting my job and changing career paths altogether, throwing myself into a whirlwind of both terrifying and electrifying experiences. Dwayne and the rest of the Vertex Fitness family, have been there every step and stumble along…
DetailsMotivation “I think I can! I think I can!” Famous words from The Little Engine That Could. He was bound and determined to get up that hill. Put another way, he was motivated! According to the Macmillan Dictionary, motivation is a feeling of enthusiasm or interest that makes you determined to do something. If we…
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