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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 401
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
E181 - Breaking Down The Barriers To Meditation with Josephine Atluri
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with meditation expert Josephine Atluri to discuss some of the most common barriers that people face when they first try medita…
E180 - How To Recover Faster From Your Workouts
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss some simple yet often overlooked concepts that you can utilize to help you recover faster from your workouts. Workout recovery i…
E179 - Is it okay to do a small amount of exercise every day if I am just starting with exercise?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the idea of exercising every day and how much volume actually needs to be done when first starting out. If you are new to exerci…
E178 - What Is The Best Way For A Woman Over 50 To Start Exercising?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie look at the topic of "how do I begin exercising" and discuss how a woman over 50 years of age should start. There are many consideration…
E177 - 3 Tips To Improve The Health of Your Muscles
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss three things that you can start doing now to improve the health of your muscles. Having healthy muscles is a key to being able t…
E176 - The Importance of Sleep For Health and Longevity - Interview with Dr. Kirk Parsley
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with world-renowned sleep expert Dr. Kirk Parsley. Dr. Parsley dives into why we need to sleep, how it helps us to be healthy a…
E175 - Why Working Out Without A Goal Is Not A Waste of Time
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a commonly-held belief that there isn't a reason to exercise if you don't have an exercise goal. However, this could not be furt…
E174 - Why You Should Use The Leg Press
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss one of the more controversial exercise machines - the leg press - and dive into why you should be using it. From the belief that…
E173 - What Is Causing Your Fatigue? Interview with Jenn Malecha
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Jenn Malecha, who specializes in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and Transformational Coaching, to discuss fatigue, weight…
E172 - Coming This Weekend!
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a huge event that is taking place this weekend (Saturday, April 17, 2021) - the Schaumburg Health Summit 2021! Back in 2019, Jul…
E171 - Is Exercising Every Day Bad For My Muscles? - Part 3
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie dive into the science of exercising every day. What changes do people often see with their health when they start exercising more consis…
E170 - Is Exercising Every Day Bad For My Muscles? - Part 2
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie continue their discussion on exercising every day; whether it is something you should consider doing; and, if so, how you should go abou…
E169 - Is Exercising Every Day Bad For My Muscles? - Part 1
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss exercising every day, whether it is something you should consider doing, and if it could actually be bad for you. This is the fi…
E168 - What is the Carnivore Diet? Interview with Dr. Shawn Baker
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Shawn Baker of MeatRx and author of The Carnivore Diet to discuss the Carnivore Diet. What is the Carnivore Diet? Won'…
E167 - Is a push-up the same as the bench press?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss some popular exercises for your chest and shoulder muscles, the similarities and differences between them, and why you might str…
E166 - Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess - Interview with Dr. Caroline Leaf
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with world-renowned cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf to discuss her new book, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess. Dr. Leaf …
E165 - When could a cardio workout do more harm than good?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie answer a listener-submitted question about the potential that a workout may do more harm than good. If you are a cardio lover, or if you…
E164 - Managing Type 1 Diabetes - Beyond The Norm - Interview with Dr. Jody Stanislaw
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Jody Stanislaw to discuss how nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle factors influence the management of type 1 diab…
E163 - 5 Tips To Help You Tolerate Your Workouts Better
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss one of the most common reasons why people drop off from their workouts this time of year - their body doesn't feel well because …
E162 - What Is The Point of Getting In 10,000 Steps?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the idea of 10,000 steps - what it is good for, what it is NOT good for, why most people are doing it wrong, and why you NEED to…