VERTEX FITNESS

Jesse Schmidt • October 7, 2019
A man and a woman are looking at a treadmill in a gym.

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In this week’s podcast episode #51 we are honored to have with us strength coach and fitness entrepreneur Dwayne Wimmer. Excited to bring a new concept about personal training to the people of Philadelphia’s Main Line , Dwayne founded Vertex Fitness Personal Training Studio. Dwayne has owned and operated his award-winning personal training studio since 2001.

Working hard at Vertex Fitness

Working hard at Vertex Fitness

Dwayne graduated from Missouri Western State University with a physical education degree and an emphasis in coaching. He is proud to say he walked onto the football team as a wide receiver and earned a starting position, for 3 years, as an offensive lineman at center. After his football career, while completing his degree, he was hired as a student football coach. He was the coach for running backs, tight ends and the offensive line. After graduating from MWSU, he went on to coach as a graduate assistant at East Stroudsburg University where he was in charge of the running backs.

In the late 1990’s Dwayne accepted an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Villanova University where he worked with male and female varsity athletics such as former Villanova Wildcat & Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook.

Dwayne Wimmer. Winner of the 2019 “GRIT” award from the R.E.C.

Dwayne Wimmer. Winner of the 2019 “GRIT” award from the R.E.C.

TAKU’s NOTE: Join us with this week’s guest Dwayne Wimmer as we discuss various interesting topics such as exercise vs “exertainment,” proper programming, and making the fitness field a true profession.

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