Exercise Is Health

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 source of our aches and pains, but could it actually be muscle looseness instead? Check out all of the details in this week's episode! Resources referenced in this week's episode can be found below: List of certified Muscle Activation Techniques® practitioners Flexibility - How to get more flexible with resistance training

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie are discussing feet and the importance of maintaining healthy foot muscle function. Your feet are the foundation of your body, and if your foot muscles are dysfunctional, there will likely be dysfunction throughout your body. Julie and Charlie discuss why it is so important to keep your foot muscles strong and functioning well, as well as what you can do at home to help improve the strength and function of your feet. Check out this week's episode for all of the details! Links referenced in this week's episode can be found below: E67 - How Stiff & Supportive Shoes Are Affecting You In More Ways Than You Think Flat Feet - Why Your Feet MUST Flatten List of certified Muscle Activation Techniques® specialists

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie answer a listener-submitted question about warming up. Is warming up necessary? What benefits does warming up provide? What are the different ways that you should be warming up for your workouts? Check out this week's episode for the answers to these questions and more! References from this week podcast can be found below: 5-Minute Mobility Check Virtual Membership Program

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Vivek Mohan of Orthopaedic Spine Institute to discuss scoliosis, kyphosis, various intervention options, and the role of the muscle system in helping to prevent and reverse spine issues. Check out all of the details in this week's episode! Dr. Mohan and his team can be reached via phone at (630) 381-1381, via email at help@osiclinic.com, and on their website here.

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss compensation - what it is, why may or may not be an issue, and what you can do to help resolve your compensations. They discuss the role of exercise and how it is often misused when trying to address compensations, and what can be done instead, such as Muscle Activation Techniques®. Check out all of the details in this week's episode! For a list of certified Muscle Activation Techniques® practitioners in your area, click here. Additionally, if you would like a free eBook on what MAT® is, you can download it here.

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss what it means to "exercise for life" and how you can go about doing that. They break down five key principles which, if applied to your workouts, will immediately make a lasting impact on your ability to continue to workout as well as get optimal results from your workouts. Check out all of the details in this week's episode! You can also read the blog post that inspired this podcast episode here.

On this week's episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Jennifer Mercier of Expect A Miracle in St. Charles, IL. Dr. Mercier specializes in helping women with fertility issues conceive as well as helping women with endometriosis get out of pain. She uses her self-created therapy, called Mercier Therapy, to achieve a greater than 80% success rate for helping women get pregnant without the use of IVF. She also uses the therapy to help women recover from the trauma of giving birth, both naturally and via C-section. Check out all of the details in this week's episode! Resources discussed during this week's episode can be found below: Expect A Miracle website Expect A Miracle email address: MercierTherapy@gmail.com Dr. Mercier's Instagram account

On this week's episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie answer a question they get a lot regarding one of their specialities at Muscle Activation Schaumburg, Muscle Activation Techniques®. People often wonder if MAT® can help them become more flexible and even help them touch their toes. Julie and Charlie discuss different variables that influence whether somebody can touch their toes and the role that MAT® can play in helping somebody do that. Check out all of the details in this week's episode! References discussed in this week's episode are below: Bone photos from PaulGrilley.com List of certified MAT® practitioners Free eBook on MAT®

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Tom Incledon of Causenta Wellness to discuss his revolutionary approach to cancer treatment. Dr. Tom and his staff in Scottsdale, AZ specialize in providing customized treatment plans to patients who have been diagnosed with cancer and are looking for alternatives to traditional cancer care. Dr. Tom speaks to the importance of building strength as part of the cancer treatment plan, and why improving strength often times improves the outcomes of cancer treatments overall. Dr. Tom and his staff can be reached through the Causenta Wellness website here. Check out all of the details in this week's episode!

On this week's episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss why your posture is not what you think it is, why your posture issues are not what you think they are, and what you can do to dramatically improve your posture. If you feel like your posture is not as good as you would like, give this episode a listen to learn what you can do about it. And if you would like to find a certified Muscle Activation Techniques® specialist in your area, connect with one here.