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
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How do you know if your body needs Muscle Activation Techniques®?
You may hear us talk about Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT) all the time, but how do you know if MAT would work well for you?
There are some strong signs that your body would do great with ...
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Are you trying to strengthen your core but feel like you’re not making as much progress as you’d like?
There are two things that absolutely must be done if you are trying to build your core strength up and most people are missing at least one of them within their trainin...
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Are you falling short of your health and performance goals?
Is your strength not at the level you want? Is your mobility more limited than you’d like? Is your energy throughout the day lower than you’d prefer?
There is one issue that over 98% of people have ...
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There is one question that every client who is new to Muscle Activation Techniques® has, and that is, “How quickly will I get results?”
If you have ever wondered this yourself, you are in luck!
On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, we ar...
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Do you have flat feet that struggle to get stronger?
Flat feet are often blamed for many of the aches and pains people experience, and when they are weak, the issues can be amplified.
But, doing general exercises is not the answer for getting flat feet stron...
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Are you struggling to get stronger despite consistently working out?
Do you do strength training multiple times a week but haven’t been able to progress to using heavier weights?
Do you feel like your strength has plateaued and you aren’t able to break throu...
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Do you have SI joint pain?
This common ailment often makes it difficult to sit, walk, and sleep comfortably, especially when the issue is more intense.
However, by getting your body stronger, you can do a lot to help support your SI joints and make sure they...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Are you a side sleeper?
Too often, the aches and pains people feel in their shoulders, neck, elbows, and back are blamed on them sleeping on their side.
But the truth of the matter is, sleeping on your side is not your issue.
There is a complete...
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How do you know if your body needs Muscle Activation Techniques®?
While there are common signs that your muscles are not functioning well–such as certain muscles always feeling tight, flexibility being limited, joints aching, and muscles feeling weak–there are some more ...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Does your neck feel weak?
Maybe it feels like you have difficulty holding your head in the posture you’d like.
Or maybe your neck often feels fatigued throughout the day.
Unfortunately, when it comes to trying to build a stronger neck, there are...
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Does your Achilles tendon ever feel tight or sore?
Too often, the attempted remedies for Achilles issues focus only on the Achilles itself, leaving much to be desired in terms of pain and symptom relief.
But, what if we told you that the symptoms in your Ach...
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: https://www.matschaumburg.com
Do your shoulders round forward?
It is often said that forward shoulders are a result of weakness in a specific muscle group called the rhomboids, but that’s actually not true.
While the rhomboids can help to pull your shoulders back, it is extremely unlikel...
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When you lift weights, should all of the weights you use for specific areas of the body be the same?
Should you use the same amount of weight when you do leg extensions as when you do leg curls?
Or rows and chest presses?
Or squats and deadlifts...
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Do your calves get tight when you walk or workout?
There are many methods and remedies to try to stretch and loosen the calves, but all of them are missing one big variable that helps your calves relax.
Unfortunately, this common misu...
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Do your quads constantly feel tight despite your best efforts to get them to relax?
Maybe you notice it after sitting for a while or after you have been standing more than normal.
Or maybe they are always tight all times of day.
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Do you want to head into golf season swinging your best?
You can spend hours at the range and take weeks of lessons this winter, but if you are missing this one thing, your swing (and golf game) are going to fall well short of their potential.
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Forearm pain can be one of the most nagging, long-lasting issues you experience.
While many remedies focus strictly on the forearms themselves, there are often things that are completely overlooked with these types of approaches.
Howe...
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What if there was something simple you could add to your workouts that would not only help you get better results, but help you stay more consistent with your workouts, too?
And what if this thing didn’t require any additional time or energy on y...
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Being consistent with your workouts is a key component of the results you will get from your workouts both in the short term and over the long term.
But, one of the most difficult parts of working out is staying consistent with your workouts.
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Have you not been satisfied with the results you’ve gotten from your workouts and are looking for the next new thing to help you out?
While it can be tempting to jump from one program to the next, doing this consistently is almost a guaranteed way...
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