The Main Line's Most Awarded Personal Training Studio
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Vertex Difference
With a keen focus on quality of exercise over quantity, at Vertex Fitness, we guide our clients through a system of evidence-based resistance training workouts that last less than 30 minutes. The result: sessions that are safe, efficient, and effective, all while delivering real-life results. Learn more about our philosophy and how we work .
About Vertex Fitness
People exercise for a variety of personal reasons – they want to feel better, get healthier, look better, get stronger, and lead longer, productive lives. They may also harbor misgivings, such as fear of injury having never worked out before, or worrying they won’t have the time to commit to making a real difference.
At Vertex Fitness, we want to introduce you to a whole new way of looking at exercise and wellness. We are committed to working with you to help you overcome any doubts, focus on your goals in a private setting, and guide you through safe, efficient, and definitely effective workouts to get you there.
Our Core Principles
Vertex Fitness workouts are designed around three core areas, no matter what your personal goals. Combined focus and improvement in these areas is scientifically proven to deliver the most beneficial total body experience.
"First, do not harm"
Similar to physicians, Vertex and its staff uphold principles of the hippocratic oath, vowing to always make their client’s safety their top priority. It is the Vertex belief that you should never get hurt working out.
The Trainers
Lead by owner Dwayne Wimmer, Vertex trainers are a team of skilled, friendly professionals who work with you and for you. Each session your trainer will lead you through a safe, balanced program of progressive resistance training that relates to your personal fitness goals, history, and limitations. All Vertex trainers are required to complete a six week intensive training program to ensure they fully understand the methods utilized in Vertex workouts, as well as anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and customer service.
The Expertise
At Vertex you can expect a no-frills environment and a session filled with education to get you started. There are no trendy machines, equipment, or classes; we do not subscribe to gimmicky programming or what we call “exertainment”. Right away, you will get that accomplished feeling, and after a few sessions with us, you’ll see how our evidence-based strength training method can transform your body and your attitude.
The Accolades
Our clients truly love the experience and benefits of working out at Vertex. So much so that we’ve been named ‘Best of the Main Line’ by Main Line Magazine an impressive six times, ‘Best of the Best’ by Main Line TImes, and a Top Gym by Philadelphia Style magazine. Check out even more praise by clicking on this box.
THE WORKOUT
Learn more about our evidence-based principals, the experience of our workout, and what makes our workout different than other, less effective conventional workouts.
THE BENEFITS
We all know that the benefits that come from exercise are well-documented. Here are the benefits you can expect from our unique workout and how the team at Vertex can help you achieve them.
Less Is More
In and out in less than an hour, our efficient and effective workouts will allow you to enjoy all of the general health and fitness benefits that strength training can produce:
If a person exercises with high enough effort levels, they will only be able to sustain it for short period of time. When exercising with low intensity, the session will last much longer for the same results. Exercising with higher effort is a great way to make your training sessions effective as well as time efficient. You will not need to perform multiple sets of each exercise. Time is no longer a limiting factor. Effort has a huge impact on exercise duration.
- Purposeful and Meaningful Movements
- Controlled Form
- Higher Focused Effort
- Fewer Sets
- Safer Exercise
- Reduce Injury
- More Recovery Time
- Better Results
For more on this check out our blog post “Fitting Exercise Into a Busy Schedule with High Intensity Training (HIT)”
TESTIMONIALS
She first heard of Vertex Fitness after asking friends and colleagues for personal training recommendations. She was given the names of different facilities in the area but Vertex Fitness was not one of them. Noticing the recommendations given to her were more heavily focused on weight loss and not improving overall strength and health, she decided to do her own research...
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Suzie is one of our more behind the scenes clients. This stems from her background as a fashion stylist. She chooses the right clothes and shoes to make models and the photo shoots stand out. Because she is adept at making others look good, she understands the importance of keeping herself in shape. She chose Vertex initially because of the convenient location to her home, the friendly staff and the state-of-the-art equipment in the studio...”
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Behind every great man is an even greater woman. Bill FitzGerald knew he had to start taking better care of himself. However, he didn’t start until his wife told him to! That was over three years ago. Bill, a professor of English at Rutgers-Camden University, chose Vertex for a couple of reasons: 1. He wanted someone to watch over him and make sure he was using proper form on each exercise and 2. He wanted someone who could coach him like he coaches his writing students, with “appropriate push.”...
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For Michael Garrison, routine is the key that keeps him coming back to Vertex Fitness, week after week. We sat down with Mike to find out what he finds most valuable about his experience at Vertex Fitness, and how he maintains his personal commitment to staying healthy. Mike's Personal Commitment Mike is the owner of a contracting company with 35 employees. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and went to New Hampshire College to study Marketing...
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At Vertex Fitness, we help people get back on their feet and bounce back from difficult health issues feeling stronger and more like themselves. Today's spotlight, struggled with lung cancer and knee surgery before coming to Vertex Fitness to get her groove back, allowing her to dance at her daughter's wedding.
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Just wanted to let you know that vertex has helped me out a ton at boot camp and the academy. This morning we had half an hour to workout, and all my fellow cadets were complaining about about how they couldn't get a full workout in. I walked away in 25 minutes with a better workout than any of them. Just wanted to thank you for preparing me well! Thanks again, Robert O'Connor
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At Vertex Fitness, we help folks of every level get fit and achieve their personal best. Sometimes that includes folks that have never done an exercise regimen before, and some, like today’s spotlight, have been a personal trainer themselves. Tricia Roarty was a personal trainer for five years, and ran her own business for four of them. She hopes to return to being a personal trainer professionally, but for now she is kept plenty busy with three teenagers and two dogs at home, along with her volunteer work...
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I've had one workout session with Dwayne at Vertex and I'm already noticing a difference in my results now that I am using his techniques. What I've come to realize is that these techniques are based in simple common sense, but like many other people who have a regular workout routine like I do, it never occurred to me to use them. If you're doing the commonly accepted 3 or more sets you're wasting your time. I've come to realize now is that I can shorten the time it takes to work out by using the proper technique with better results and that's the real value in what Vertex teaches. Change your workout from quantity to quality!
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