Exercise Is Health
At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, we believe your health is your most valuable asset. Join hosts Charlie and Julie Cates as they discuss how to utilize exercise to help improve and maintain your health, as well as interviews with health and wellness experts from various fields including chiropractic, accupuncture, psychology, nutrition, and functional medicine. Both Charlie and Julie are certified personal trainers and Muscle Activation Techniques® practitioners in Schaumburg, IL.
Episodes
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Challenging your body is a non-negotiable if you want to build strength and get results with your workouts.
Often, increasing the challenge means increasing the amount of weight you use when you strength train.
However, many people are hesitant to in...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
What should you prioritize with your workouts to get the biggest bang for your buck this coming year?
While there are many programs out there promoting the benefits of balance, mobility, and overall fitness, there is one aspect of exercise that needs to take prec...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
2025 was a year full of getting more and more clear on what really matters in order for our clients to feel and function their best.
While much of our philosophy has stayed the same over the past 12 months, there were some really big takeaways that we are bringin...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Your body is constantly talking to you when you workout, and how you interpret what it is saying will have a big impact on the results you get from your workouts.
Oftentimes, when somebody's body tells them they don't like a specific exercise through aches or pai...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
How long should you wait to start getting Muscle Activation Techniques® after an injury?
This is a question that a lot of prospective clients have asked us through the years, and while you have heard us discuss MAT before, our answer to this question may surprise...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
This time of year, schedules can be crazy and the opportunities to exercise can feel few and far between.
So how can you make sure you make the most of each workout opportunity you have by not wasting time and focusing on exactly what you need to?
Ov...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
When your schedule is crazy, working out can be the last thing on your mind.
But even if you are booked full with commitments, that doesn't make exercising any less necessary if you want to feel healthy and strong.
So how can you make sure you still...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Joint replacements are something many people experience.
Whether it is a shoulder, hip, knee, or even an ankle, joint replacements are extremely common.
But did you know that there is something extremely specific you can do before your surgery to hel...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
How do you know when it is time to increase the amount of weight you are using when you strength train?
Many people avoid trying to use more weight out of fear of injuring themselves, but there is a simple way to know when your body is ready without having to ris...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Getting results from your workouts doesn't need to be complicated. In fact, the process is very straightforward.
Unfortunately, there is so much hype and messaging out there about different systems and modalities claiming to get you all the results you desire and...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Having strong feet is one of the most important parts of having a strong body. When your feet are strong, all of the other areas of your body have the opportunity to feel and function better.
But, while we have spent a lot of time talking about the feet on our po...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Do you have a permanently altered joint?
Maybe you have a hip that has been replaced or a knee that is arthritic.
Or maybe there is a torn labrum in your shoulder or a bulging disc in your low back.
Whatever your situation, there are spe...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Getting stronger will 100% help you keep doing all the things in life you love and feel way more confident in your body while doing so.
But, did you know there is another result of getting stronger that will have a huge impact on your life??
In fact,...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Do your joints and muscles hurt when you lift weights?
Aches and pains are one of the most common reasons why people stop lifting weights, but it doesn't have to be this way!
In fact, there is a very simple framework you can use to troubleshoot this ...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Do you find yourself on the tight/loose rollercoaster with stretching?
You feel tight so you stretch. Then you feel looser for a little bit. Then within an hour or so you feel tight again.
There is a reason why the tightness keeps coming back and why stretch...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Does it feel like your body is getting weaker with each passing year?
In our experience, there are only two potential culprits as to why this is happening, and "getting old" isn't one of them.
The good news is that both of these culprits can be addressed dir...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
How much should you do when you strength train?
Should you do the general three sets of 10 reps that is often promoted, or is there a more nuanced way to get an answer for your individual body?
This is a question that a lot of people struggle to answer with ...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Are you working out consistently but find that your body keeps feeling achier and more beat up?
If exercise is supposed to leave us feeling healthier and stronger, why does it often seem to have the opposite effect?
Truth be told, there are two distinct type...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Achilles issues are one of the most common complaints we help people with at Muscle Activation Schaumburg.
Whether it is Achilles tightness in a professional athlete or Achilles pain in a 55 year old runner, the Achilles is a major point of stress for a lot of people.
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
"Functional training" is a term often used by the fitness industry to describe ways of exercising that look like they improve people's ability to perform everyday activities.
Key phrase… "that look like".
Because when it comes down to it, most forms of "func...
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