Exercise Is Health

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.

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May 1, 2024 24 mins

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Dentists–do your hands and neck feel like they are wearing out on you with all of the reps you are putting on them day after day?

These two areas are far and away the top areas of complaint that we hear from dentists all the time.

Mayb...

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Do you do exercises to try to improve your posture?

While these types of exercises are popular in many circles within the fitness industry as well as with different types of therapists, there are some big mistakes we see people commonly making with these exerci...

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You have likely thought about the health of your heart and brain, but what about the health of your liver? 

While the mainstream news doesn’t typically focus on liver health much, the truth is that without a healthy liver, the rest of your body can...

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April 10, 2024 21 mins

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Do you have hip pain that started in one part of your hip but has since moved around?

Maybe it started near the front but now it wraps around the side and goes to the back.

Or maybe it was near the top of your hip but has traveled down...

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Has it been three months, six months, or longer since you last worked out?

You may be wondering, “Have I lost all of the benefits I used to have from working out?”

While on the surface, it may seem like the answer is, “definitely,” th...

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March 27, 2024 18 mins

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How much time do you spend planning your warm up for your workouts?

Most people fall into one of two camps: 1. Absolutely none; or 2. A ton.

Unfortunately, if you are trying to figure out what to do on your own, the information around...

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March 20, 2024 26 mins

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How often do you work on strengthening your feet?

While people often think about building stronger legs, a stronger core, and stronger arms, rarely is building stronger feet prioritized.

What this is leading to is people’s feet are often...

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Have you heard that getting stronger can help you prevent injuries?

It’s true! Consistently strength training throughout your week is one of the best things you can do to help your body stay injury-free.

Unfortunately, the way most strengt...

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Have you ever had a disc issue?

Issues with discs in the spine are extremely common. In fact, it has been reported that 80% of people over the age of 30 have a structural issue with at least one disc.

While discs often get blamed for diffe...

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Is your body getting achier with each passing year?

One of the most common stories people tell themselves is their aches and pains are because they’re “just getting old”.

Maybe your back started tightening up in your 40s, or your knees sta...

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Are you doing corrective exercises to try to improve your mobility or help with some aches and pains you have?

There is something that you aren’t being told about these exercises that may not only be causing them to be ineffective, but may actually be ...

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Muscles do more than keep you looking good and feeling strong. They are also key to your health and longevity!

While most of the world thinks of aesthetics and athletic performance with muscles, there are some key functions your muscles play in makin...

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Is exercising every day when you are in your 60s too much?

Are the potential positive benefits of working out being squandered because your body is being worked too often?

Should you aim to workout fewer days each week in order to maximize your stren...

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Are your hamstrings tight?

Tight hamstrings are one of the most common complaints we hear about from prospective clients, and while there are many options out there to help loosen the hamstrings, most ways of resolving the tightness only create short-te...

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January 24, 2024 27 mins

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Help Your Joints Stay Healthy & Strong: http://services.matschaumburg.com

There is one part of your body that will help your joints stay healthy, strong, mobile, and injury-free, and it is not the joints themselves…

Your muscles!

While many people are under the belief that a joint symptom means there is a joint issue and needs to b...

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Walking is one of the most convenient ways to stay physically active throughout the day, but what if it isn’t agreeing with your body?

Even though there can be a ton of health benefits from walking regularly, if it is causing your feet, knees, hips, or back to flare up, it is not goi...

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One of the most consistent recommendations we give is to be mindful of what you are focusing on while you exercise.

We have had a number of conversations about how this will positively impact your physical health, but what about your mental health?

Is being mindful while you exercise a key component to building your mental health and wellbeing with your workouts?

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Fitness assessments are all the rage at the turn of the year.

New Year’s Resolutions combined with a desire to document where you are starting from to track progress make many people susceptible to the hype of various assessments.

Whether it is as simple as a sit to stand test to as advanced as a VO2 max assessment, people of all fitness levels are looking to figure out how well their body can...

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Have you ever had an issue with your rotator cuff?

Not only can this be incredibly painful for the shoulder, it can also be a large reason why people choose to stop exercising temporarily or all together.

But, if you’ve followed our content at all, you know the number one thing you can do to live a long, healthy, and strong life is exercise…

So how can you make sure you get a work...

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You often hear us talk about the 4 Exercise For Life Principles as they relate to strength training, but what about cardio?

Do these same four principles apply to running, swimming, cycling, etc?

Or do you need to consider different things during your cardio workouts to make sure you are building your health, strength, and function without getting achy, sore, or injured?

On this w...

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