

Exercise Is Health
Muscle Activation Schaumburg
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.
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Jan 5, 2022 • 34min
E210 - How To Stay Healthy With Your Workout Goals
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss some things that are imperative to keep in mind if you want to make sure your health stays intact as you pursue different workout goals. So often we can lose sight of how our health is doing when we get motivated to accomplish certain goals like losing weight or running our first 5K. However, the only way the achievement of these goals becomes sustainable is by keeping our health at the forefront of our mind as we go after them. Check out this week's episode for some simple steps you can follow to make sure this happens for you! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Dec 29, 2021 • 30min
E209 - Pursuing An Exercise Plan To Promote Your Health
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss some key things to keep in mind as you look to build your health in the New Year. Too often the activities that are supposed to be health-promoting end up being detrimental to our health, leaving us in worse shape than we started. Avoid this trap by doing some specific things with your actions and mindset in 2022 and beyond. Check out the details in this week's episode! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Dec 22, 2021 • 27min
E208 - Why Form Doesn't Matter
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie take on one of the biggest misconceptions of the fitness industry - that form is important to care about when exercising - and explain why it doesn't matter at all. If you are all about focusing on your form when you workout and making sure you are doing exercises correctly, listen up! You may be creating some serious issues for yourself that you are completely unaware of. Check out the details in this week's episode. Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Dec 15, 2021 • 28min
E207 - Why The Holidays Are The Best Time Of Year To Start Exercising
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss something that is on everybody's mind this time of year - the holidays - and why they are the best time for YOU to start exercising. Even though the holidays can feel like the busiest time of the year, they are actually the perfect time for you to get your workouts going, and not for the reasons you're thinking... Check out the details in this week's episode! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Dec 8, 2021 • 34min
E206 - What Numbers You Should Actually Track
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie dive into the numbers... Or, rather, they dive into the idea of the numbers that would actually be worthwhile for you to track with your workouts if you are invested in improving your health. Spoiler alert, they are not the ones that the mainstream fitness industry promotes as important. Check out the details in this week's episode! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Dec 1, 2021 • 29min
E205 - What Is Body-Matching?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss one of their core concepts for making sure that your exercise builds the health of your body instead of breaking it down. If you have ever heard them mention the idea of "body-matching" but aren't sure what it is, this episode will help fill in the missing pieces. Check out this week's episode for all the details of what body-matching is and why it is important for you to start doing today! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Nov 24, 2021 • 23min
E204 - The Difference Between Flexibility & Functionality
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a concept that most people are familiar with but take a different angle than many have heard before. Improving flexibility is often thought to lead to improved function, but rarely is this the case. Instead, there is something completely different that you can aim to work on that will improve both your function and flexibility. Check out this week's episode for the details! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Nov 17, 2021 • 27min
E203 - How Much Time Should You Rest Between Sets?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a listener-submitted question about rest time between sets of your workout. If you go into your workouts only thinking about the time you are exercising, you are missing a huge opportunity! Your rest times can have a tremendous influence on your results, but you need to know what things to consider in order to choose your rest times effectively. Check out the details in this week's episode! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Nov 10, 2021 • 25min
E202 - Should you still exercise if you are feeling exhausted?
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie explore the idea of being "too tired" to exercise. When you are at the end of a long day but you still haven't done your workout, should you force yourself to exercise or just call it a night and move on? If you have ever felt like you would exercise but you are too tired, this conversation is for you. Check out the details in this week's episode! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!

Nov 3, 2021 • 32min
E201 - Why you should lift weights if you want to keep your heart healthy
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie explore a topic that is not frequently discussed in the mainstream media - the idea that lifting weights is actually necessary to keep your heart healthy. While most of the fitness world focuses on cardio to improve heart health, the fact is that resistance training is a vital component of keeping your heart strong and functioning well. But, just generally lifting weights won't do the trick, and Julie and Charlie explain why... Check out the details in this week's episode! Want to get a FREE copy of our new book, The Exercise For Life Method? Claim yours here! If you have ever felt like exercise isn’t for you or your body, if you know you should be exercising but aren’t sure how to get started, or if you have ever wanted to do more in life with a body that feels and functions great, then this book is for you. It is time to stop playing by the rules of mainstream fitness and time to start to Exercise For Life. Get your copy now!