Exercise Is Health

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Exercise Is Health podcast.  This week, your hosts Julie and Charlie interview author, speaker, internationally-recognized fitness model, and mom, Nicole Moneer.  Nicole discusses her health journey from her childhood through to today - the health battles she faced as a child and young adult, how she learned how to heal herself through proper nutrition, the importance o...

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss their two specialties at Muscle Activation Schaumburg - MAT® and personal training.  How are these two services the same?  How are they different?  When might one be appropriate versus the other? Why are both necessary for optimal health and performance?  Check out all of this and more during this week's episode of the Exercise...

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the idea of internal exercise and how it is different than external exercise.  One of the biggest problems with the fitness industry is the focus that is placed on the external - weight, reps, time, speed, looks, etc.  Julie and Charlie discuss the steps that need to be taken in order to switch the focus of your exercise from t...

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast we have a rockstart guest on our show - Dr. Jeremy Barone of Barone Spinal Care and Performance in Schaumburg, IL.  Dr. Barone is a NUCCA chiropractor and avid proponent of health and wellbeing.  We discuss exactly what differentiates NUCCA chiropractic care from other types of chiropractic care, what the proposed mechanisms of improvement for the techni...

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie are answering listener-submitted questions!  This is the first Q&A episode for the podcast, and the Muscle Activation Schaumburg team will be discussing topics such as: How can we explain what MAT® is in simple terms? What workout advice do you have for people over 60? How many days each week should I be working out? Make sure to check...

Welcome back to the Exercise Is Health podcast your hosts, Julie and Charlie of Muscle Activation Schaumburg, are discussing exercise, health, and the interconnectedness of the two.  This week, we are talking about a topic that is one of our specialities at Muscle Activation Schaumburg - Muscle Activation Techniques®.  What is MAT®?  Why is it important?  How can it help you reach your health and...

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast we are talking about hitting singles vs. hitting home runs with your workouts.  So often we want to go into the gym and just crush our workouts - or at least that's what we think we need to do.  But, is that mentality really helping us to reach our goals?  Julie and Charlie discuss. Talking points from this episode: What is the difference between hitting...

Welcome to the Exercise Is Health podcast where we will be discussing exercise, health, and the interrelationship between the two.  We are your hosts, Charlie and Julie Cates, of Muscle Activation Schaumburg in Schaumburg, IL.  Join us every week as we bring you exercise-related content to improve and protect what we believe to be your most valuable asset, your health.  In this episode we discuss...