Momentary Muscular Failure, Why Aim To Work to Failure? If you’ve been working with us at Vertex Fitness for any length of time, by now you are well familiar with the feeling of momentary muscular failure. It’s what we aim...

What are the Optimal Reps in a Set? Recently, our contributing writer wrote a diary post in amazement at the fact that under the HIT method of strength training, which we practice here at Vertex Fitness, the ideal set length...

Get Started on Your New Year Fitness Goals Now to Give Yourself the Best Chance Possible The new year is all about slowly turning yourself into the best version of you that you can possibly be. That’s why so many...

How Do You Maintain Your Personal Fitness Routine While Traveling for the Holidays? Everybody worries about their diet going haywire when they travel home for the holidays, but what about your fitness routine? If you neglect your fitness routine while...

Are You Over Thinking Exercise Earlier this week, I was training a client on the row machine. The row machine is a typical exercise performed to work on the upper back muscles. Funny enough, I noticed the client over thinking...

 The Benefits of Not Exercising Alone Exercising alone can be boring, not fun, and sometimes too easy. When things aren’t fun we tend to stop doing them. When we get bored, we find something else to do. When things get...

Can You Get the Same Results without a Personal Trainer? Many people want to know if they can get the same results without a personal trainer to help them keep on plowing towards their goals. After all, many assume, a...

The Importance of Charting Your Workout I’ll be honest with you; I haven’t always been the best at keeping track of what I was doing. Calendars, planners, charts, all of those things just didn’t tickle my fancy. I was the...

Tips to Keep Training Motivation High  The Training Motivation Struggle Finding yourself still struggling with those training goals you set at the beginning of the year or season? You’re not alone. The trick is to find fun ways to boost...

What is Rhabdomyolysis? Today I want to talk about a serious health condition that anybody who works out needs to be aware of. It’s called Rhabdomyolysis, and it happens when people push their training too far, too fast. Rhabdomyolysis is...