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
E41 - The Third Category of Muscle Health
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss muscle health and why it encompasses more than you may have originally thought. Often times, when you think of improving your m…
E40 - What is Fit4T1D? - Fitness for Type 1 Diabetics
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie interviews Charlie about his newest project - Fit4T1D. Charlie dives into details about what Fit4T1D is, why he felt it was a necessary program to …
E39 - "My knee hurts...Why are you looking at my hip?"
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie tackle one of the bigger questions they hear when working on clients for Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®). So often we think that w…
E38 - Interview with Dr. Bikram Dhillon of Physicians Total Wellness
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie interview Dr. Bikram Dhillon of Physicians Total Wellness in Schaumburg, IL. Dr. Dhillon brings the unique perspective of being both an …
E37 - The Magic Muscle Myth
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a predominant myth in the fitness world - the Magic Muscle Myth. The idea behind the Magic Muscle is that there is one muscle t…
E36 - "So your doctor told you to start exercising..."
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss one of the more common scenarios they see with new clients - they are starting to exercise because of doctor's orders but they h…
E35 - Charlie's MAT® Story
This week on the Exercise Is Health, Julie interviews Charlie about his MAT® origin story - what was his career path like before MAT®? How did he find out about MAT®? What does the future look like f…
E34 - What does the final rep look like?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast Julie and Charlie answer an important question from one of their colleagues - "How can I help my clients understand when they have performed their final re…
E33 - 5 Foundations for Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Dr. Richard Powell, DC
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie interview Dr. Richard Powell, DC of Greater Chicago Functional Health. Dr. Powell discusses the 5 foundations his practice addresses to …
E32 - Three Questions To Figure Out If You Are A Good Candidate For MAT®
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie lay out the three questions you need to answer in order to determine whether you would be a good candidate for Muscle Activation Techniq…
E31 - If You Don't Use It You Will Lose It
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss three areas of your body that are uncommon to exercise, but are absolute musts to train if you want to maintain your health and …
E30 - How can I exercise if I have plantar fasciitis?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie answer a listener-submitted question about how to exercise if you have plantar fasciitis or are experiencing platar fasciitis symptoms. …
E29 - Exercise, Pregnancy, & Menopause with Dr. Sarah McCormick, D.O., OBGYN
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Sarah McCormick, D.O., OBGYN to discuss exercise, health, pregnancy, and menopause. Dr. McCormick is not only an advo…
E28 - What is ITS and how is it affecting you?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a new term - Intentional Tightness Symptom (ITS). What is it, how is it affecting your life, and what things can be done to help…
E27 - The Minimum Amount of Exercise Needed to Maintain Health
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the minimum amount of exercise that is needed in order to maintain health. They discuss the two different types of exercise tha…
E26 - Stretching & Reps Questions
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie are answering listener-submitted questions about some of their previous content. Listeners had questions about stretching as well as th…
E25 - Kurt Hutchinson of Illinois Bone & Joint Institute
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie interview Kurt Hutchinson, a phyiscal therapist with the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute. Kurt discusses in detail the new OrthoHealth …
E24 - What Does "Looking For The Cause" Mean?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a concept that is commonly thrown around when talking about Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®), and it is this idea of "lookin…
E23 - What's the future of fitness?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie are discussing a growing trend in the fitness industry - group style and online workouts. Why are these kinds of workouts so attractive…
E22 - Questions About Exercise Principles
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie are answering your questions! They had two questions submitted about an earlier episode, Six Exercise Principles To Keep In Mind If Yo…