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.
Fasting for health and longevity purposes is a hot topic these days, and for good reason. The science backing up fasting as a healthy practice appears to be very sound.
But, what considerations do yo…
What's the deal with workout bands??
Are they as effective at building your strength and muscle as using weights? And what should you know about using them to make sure you don't get hurt?
On this we…
Is your strength training making you less flexible?
Maybe you notice that your body feels stiff and achy after your workouts...
Or perhaps it is the fear of losing flexibility that is keeping you fro…
Are your home workouts actually progressing your health, strength, and function?
Or are they simply something that gets you sweaty and you can check off your to-do list?
While many home workouts will…
Have you ever wondered how you can apply everything we teach you each week on this podcast to your workouts?
With 257 episodes out so far, there has been A LOT of information we have covered over the…
Do you want to have a customized approach to your workouts but don't have any idea how to get it asides from paying a trainer?
There's actually a simple system you can follow to get you 80% (or more)…
What will your last decade of life look like? Will you be healthy, active, and strong? Will you be able to pick up your great-grandkids and have the stamina to tell stories while you go for long walk…
Have you ever been thrown off of your workout routine only to find that exercising does not feel as easy as it did once you try to start back up??
Whether it is an injury, illness, or just life in ge…
Do you struggle to be successful with your workouts??
Have you tried to exercise in the past but did not reach the goals you had set for yourself? Is the feeling of not being successful keeping you f…
Are the foods you are eating creating inflammation in your body??
Inflammation has been linked as a root issue to many chronic health conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and more, but is you…
Do you struggle to touch your toes??
Is touching your toes something you want to be able to do -- or believe you should be able to do -- but are unable to??
Are traditional forms of stretching, rolli…
Does exercising hurt your knees? Have you been told you have arthritis and there's nothing you can do about it? Have you been limiting what you do throughout your day and week because your knees hurt…
Does your workout routine resemble an island of misfit exercises??
You do that one thing you saw online and the other thing you picked up from PT and a few others that you are still holding onto from…
Is your skincare routine doing more harm than good? Are the products you are using making your skin less healthy? Are you wanting to have healthy, vibrant skin without spending hours every day (or we…
How important is workout variety when it comes to building your health?
Should you be doing a different workout every time? Should you do different types of exercise throughout the week? Or should yo…
Have you ever wondered if it is too late for you to start exercising?
Like at what point does it become too late to start getting benefits from exercise?
If you haven't exercised for a while - or eve…
Does getting started with your workouts feel overwhelming?
Maybe you are actually intersted in exercising...
But the idea of trying to figure out what to do, when to do it, what to wear, what equipme…
Using exercise to build your health comes down to one thing... consistency.
So how can you exercise consistently not just for the next few months, but long term for the next few decades (and beyond)?
…Vitamins A-D get a lot of press and publicity for your overall health and wellbeing, but what about Vitamin E??
Is this vitamin just another "thing" that you can take to allegedly make you healthier?…
Is your life overbooked to the point that you are not able to consistently do the things you know you need to be doing to live a healthy life, such as exercising regularly throughout your week?
If so…