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...

Yes, Strength Training is Safe Exercise During Pregnancy It seems to be on a lot of expectant mother’s minds. Just typing in the word “exercise” to Google often brings up some variation of the question “what is safe exercise during...

Muscle and Function: Vastus Medialis Obliquus or VMO “Tear Drop”, VMO, What Even Is It? You may have heard of the muscle known as the ‘tear drop’. If you’ve been using this slang term it isn’t wrong, but the actual...

Improve your Shoulder Pain with Strength Training  Anatomy Shoulder pain can actually be improved using targeted strength training to correct strength imbalances caused by years of daily activity, according to the science literature. At Vertex Fitness, we aren’t doctors or...

Muscle and Function: The Serratus Anterior This muscle is sometimes known as the “boxer muscle”, because it’s the muscle along the sides of the torso that make boxing athletes look so shredded. Tucked away on the lateral thoracic wall of...

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...

Muscle & Function – The Latissimus Dorsi The latissimus dorsi, otherwise known as your “lats”, is the widest muscle in the human body. Having a strong latissimus dorsi is very important for improving posture, preventing back pain, and improving spinal...

Manual Resistance Training vs. Conventional Strength Training You may have heard the term “manual resistance training” (or MRT) on the web or around the gym. Manual resistance training is a form of exercise that doesn’t incorporate any equipment at all....