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
E141 - Why MAT® is the place to start when you begin exercising
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a proven way to boost the effectiveness of your workouts - Muscle Activation Techniques® - and why MAT® is where you should be s…
E140 - What is the role of a trainer?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss what the role of a personal trainer is - a true exercise professional, not just a rah-rah cheerleader. If you think a personal t…
E139 - What is the One Workout Away Challenge?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the newest release from Muscle Activation Schaumburg - the One Workout Away Challenge! You are one workout away from feeling str…
E138 - The Psychology of Eating Disorders - Interview with Meghan Reitz, LCPC
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Meghan Reitz, LCPC of Meghan L. Reitz and Associates. Meghan and her team specialize in working with clients suffering fro…
E137 - How To Combat The Chronic Stress of Cardio
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss some simple steps you can take to combat the chronic stress that cardio and aerobic activity can often place on your muscles and…
E136 - The Bare Minimum of Exercise You Need To Be Doing
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the bare minimum that you need to be doing from an exercise perspective to build lifelong health. While a single bout of exercis…
E135 - Why Walking Is Not The Best Form of Exercise
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss walking, exercise, and why the former is not the best form of the latter. Despite the often-prescribed advice of "walking is the…
E134 - "Why do you do isometrics instead of stretching?"
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie answer a listener-submitted question regarding something that was happening during The MAS At-Home Workout Program. Julie and Charlie we…
E133 - The Importance of Strength and Muscle Function for Equestrians - Interview with Michael Lingenfelter
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Michael Lingenfelter of The Rider Remedy to discuss exercise, muscle function, and strength and how it all applies to the …
E132 - Non-Therapy Tips For Knee Pain
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss one of the more prevalent summertime issues - knee pain. You may be experiencing knee pain for a variety of reasons, from an iss…
E131 - Five Ways To Make The Holidays Less Detrimental To Your Health
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss five things you can do during the summer holidays to help your health stay on track despite the disruptions to your schedule and…
E130 - Callusing The Neuromuscular System For Life's Stressors - Interview with Kirk Bradshaw of ATI
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Kirk Bradshaw of Athletic Training Institute (ATI) in Bellevue, WA. Kirk and the team of coaches at ATI utilize Muscle Act…
E129 - Why Your Plantar Fasciitis May Not Be A Foot Issue
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss plantar fasciitis and why what is often claimed to be one of the most common foot ailments may not actually be a foot issue at a…
E128 - Trainers - Why Understanding Mechanics Is A Must - Interview with Tom Purvis, developer of RTS®
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Tom Purvis, the developer of the Resistance Training Specialist® program (RTS®), as well as ExerciseProfessional.com and P…
E127 - Which Category Do You Fall Into?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the two categories that they see a lot of people falling into right now--either they are in great shape after having a lot of ti…
E126 - The Science of Sustainable High Performance in Sport & Life - Interview with Ian Mack of Tomahawk Science
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Ian Mack of Tomahawk Science to discuss many of the tactics he uses with his athletes to help them not only perform at a h…
E125 - How Flexibility Works & Staying Mobile As You Age - The Aging Athlete Guide with Michael Lingenfelter
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie have the tables turned on them as they become the ones interviewed for the show The Aging Athlete Guide with Michael Lingenfelter. Micha…
E124 - How Improving Your Muscle Function Will Improve Your Golf Game - Interview with Scott McWilliam
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Scott McWilliam of Golf MATchanics to discuss your muscles, your golf game, and how improving the function of the former w…
E123 - How to Rebuild the Habit of Exercise
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss what you can start doing now to get you back into the habit of exercising on a consistent basis. If exercise has fallen out of y…
E122 - Locking In - How Applying Principles From Professional Sports Can Take Your Fitness & Life To The Next Level - Interview with Steve Hess
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with legendary strength & conditioning coach Steve Hess. Steve was on the sports performance staff of the Denver Nuggets for ov…