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You have likely heard that exercise can be a useful activity to prevent and possibly reverse osteoporosis, but are you being told the entire story? While many doctors, media outlets, and publications will recommend doing “weight bearing” activities, what actually needs to be done with your workouts to have an effect on building and strengthening your bones? Are the common recommendations enough? Or could they actually be contributing to bone loss? On this week’s episode Read more…

Can strength training improve your flexibility? Or do you have to rely on stretching and mobility work in order to move better? Too often strength training leaves people feeling stiff and achy, but does it have to be this way? Or can you change some things about HOW you are strength training to not only leave you feeling better after you finish, but increase your flexibility as a result without stretching or mobility work? On Read more…

On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie has a mystery question for Charlie… What is it and how does it benefit you? Check out this week’s episode to learn! Interested in getting access to Charlie’s men’s training program as soon as it drops? Click here to get started! Check out this episode!

What can you do to get your workout in consistently without overwhelming your schedule? While you know you need to exercise on a regular basis to maintain your health and strength, life can feel like it gets in the way of being able to do workout as often as you’d like… so what can you do about this?? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie and Charlie are playing the second Read more…

How often do you negotiate with yourself on whether or not you are going to workout or eat healthy? A lot of times it can feel like our brain is trying to do everything in its power to sabotage our quest for building the body, health, and life we desire… but what if that wasn’t actually the case? What if that feeling that you have, that voice that you hear that says, “Don’t go workout Read more…

You often hear that you need to exercise, but do actually know WHY it is so important?? The mainstream fitness industry has distorted the message about exercise and fitness to the point that most people have absolutely no idea why it is actually so important for them to be exercising. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie and Charlie are releasing the audio from a private presentation they gave to a Read more…

Does lifting weights feel intimidating to you? Maybe you know you need to get stronger but you are not sure where to start because the whole idea of lifting weights just seems overwhelming… Or maybe you have tried lifting weights in the past only to find yourself sore and in pain so you are hesitant to try again… Or perhaps you have been told that lifting weights can be dangerous, especially by yourself, so you Read more…

There are a ton of health benenfits to having a well-functioning metabolism. From better weight management to increased energy to more efficient body temperature regualtion, there is definitely a list of pros to having your metabolism firing on all cylinders. Exercising regularly has been shown to be an effective strategy to increase metabolism. However, while many workout programs tout themselves as “metabolism-boosting”, most ways of exercising that are focused on boosting metabolism leave you at Read more…