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Why You Cannot Do Personal Training in a Vacuum Part 2: Client’s Perspective In my last post, I wrote about personal training and it’s similarities to refereeing fencing. Wait, what does refereeing a sport that most people are unfamiliar with...
What Exercise Means To Me I describe myself as a physically active person, but being active does not necessarily mean I’m getting exercise. Before I arrived at Vertex Fitness and met the owner Dwayne Wimmer, I was under the misconception, like many...
Why You Cannot Do Personal Training in a Vacuum Part 1: The Trainer’s Perspective It you want to to get into personal training?  You need to work outside the bubble. I’ve been working as a personal trainer at Vertex Fitness...
  How to Find Motivation for Exercise It’s easy to be motivated about starting a brand new exercise program. It’s something new, exciting, and you feel like you’re on the right track to achieving your fitness goals. However, after you’ve...
Exercise Recovery: Why You Don’t Need to Exercise Everyday Throughout the fitness industry, it has been touted that one must exercise daily in order to see great results and feel better. Many have been led to believe that greater volume...
How to Make Time for Exercise As we settle into our work routines, it’s always a challenge to find time for exercise. It always seems like other things just take higher priority, you don’t have enough energy or lack motivation to...
The Relationship Between Frequency, Duration, and Exercise Intensity: Why These 3 Terms Matter Lets start with the relationship between duration and exercise intensity: duration is the amount of time in which you participate in a single bout of exercise, and...
High Intensity Training (HIT) and Mental Endurance How can High Intensity Training help strengthen the mind as well as the body? As a college athlete, my coach always emphasized the importance of being mentally tough in order to succeed. It...
Truths about Exercise: Dispelling Exercise Myths and Misconceptions At Vertex Fitness, we believe the most important part of helping people achieve results is through the education we provide and dispelling exercise myths and misconceptions.” Dispelling exercise myths and misconceptions #1 –...
High Intensity Training (HIT) May Prevent Heart Disease The study included 57 adolescent schoolchildren (47 boys and 10 girls) who were randomly assigned to high intensity training (HIT) or moderate intensity exercise groups. Both groups did three exercise sessions a...