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
E121 - How To Transition From At-Home Workouts To Gym Workouts
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the transition that many of us will be facing in the coming weeks - transitioning from working out at home to working out at the…
E120 - What is the Goldilocks Zone of Exercise and How Can MAT® Expand It? - Interview with Eric Seifert
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Eric Seifert of Core Muscle Activation to discuss exercise, Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®), and what Eric calls the …
E119 - How MAT® can get you back to your workouts sooner
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss why implementing MAT® prior to getting back into the full swing of your workouts is an absolute must. Many people are exercising…
E118 - An Inside Look Into Our At-Home Workouts
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie dive deep into the thought process behind their at-home workouts they have been broadcasting on their Facebook and Instagram pages. It i…
E117 - What can be done about employee burnout in the workplace? A panel discussion.
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie provide a replay of a panel discussion Charlie moderated on employee burnout and what can be done about it. The panel discussion was par…
E116 - How can improving your muscle function improve your brain function? Interview with Greg Roskopf, Developer of Muscle Activation Techniques®
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Greg Roskopf, the developer of Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®), to discuss muscle function, brain function, and the c…
E115 - How To Exercise When You Have "No" Time
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the number one objection they hear when they bring up exercise to people - "I don't have time." If you find yourself saying this…
E114 - What's the issue with rotator cuff issues?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the rotator cuff and why what you may be experiencing as a rotator cuff symptom may not actually be a rotator cuff issue. The ro…
E113 - How To Exercise With An "Itis"
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss their top tips to help you exercise if you have some kind of "itis" - tendonitis, bursitis, plantar fasciitis, etc. One in five …
E112 - How can a compounding pharmacy improve your health?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Matt Dhingra to discuss his work as a compounding pharmacist. What is a compounding pharmacist? How can a compounding …
E111 - Why Your IT Band Symptom May Not Be An IT Band Issue
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the IT band - what it is, where it lives, and why so many people may have issues and symptoms with it. The IT band often gets a …
E110 - The Five Stages of Fitness
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss what they have dubbed as the Five Stages of Fitness. Whether or not you are currently exercising or have any interest in exercis…
E109 - What is "Exercise For Life"?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss one of the cornerstone principles of Muscle Activation Schaumburg - Exercise For Life. What does this mean? What does this princ…
E108 - Why Your Discs Are Not The Entire Story
When it comes to low back pain and other symptoms, issues with discs are one of the most commonly-given reasons. However, there is a strong argument to be made that the discs may not have as much to…
E107 - What is SOMA breathwork and how will it improve your health? Interview with Rob Bill
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Rob Bill to discuss SOMA breathwork. What is SOMA breathwork? How is it done? Why is it beneficial? How can you start …
E106 - Are you prepared for your workouts? Here's how to make sure your body is ready.
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss three things that you can do between your workouts to make sure your body is ready to hit the gym again. Helping your body get …
E105 - What Is Joint Health and How Can Exercise Improve It?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the topic of joint health - what it is, why it is important, and what YOU can do with your exercise to improve your joint health…
E104 - Exercise Parameters If You Are 50+
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie answer a listener-submitted question about exercising over the age of 50. There are so many exercise fads, challenges, and short-term “…
E103 - The Psychological Impact of Food Allergies with Tamara Hubbard, LCPC
This week on the Exercise Is Health Podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Tamara Hubbard, LCPC to discuss the psychological component of food allergies that is rarely talked about. Food allergies …
E102 - Can your muscles be too loose?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the idea of "loose muscles" and why being loose is not all that it's cracked up to be. So often muscle tightness is deemed the s…