At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, the clients that come to us for Muscle Activation Techniques® typically fall into one of three categories – maintainers, progressors, and optimizers. There are distinct objectives for each group, and MAT® can help our clients reach those objectives in different ways.
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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 out and download our free Read more…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we are talking to those of you who are not interested in working out outside whatsoever. You are going to stick to the indoors for your workouts this winter season. How can you make sure to still get a good workout in while staying inside?
When clients come to us for Muscle Activation Techniques®, they typically fall into one of three categories. The first group is what we call the Progressors, which is made up of clients who have a health, function, or fitness goal that we get to help progress them towards. Another group is call the Optimizers. These are clients whose body is already working pretty well but they are wanting to optimize their health and function for that last little edge. The third group is called the Maintainers. This group is made up of clients who are able to do the things they want to do and they want to make sure they are able to continue to do those activities for the foreseeable future.
Which group would you fall into? You can take this short quiz here to find out.
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 fitness goals? All of this and more will be discussed Read more…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we are talking to those of you who have a ski trip coming up. Hey, ski season is in full swing. How can you prepare your body to make sure that you not only enjoy your trip, but stay safe while you are skiing?
Oftentimes, when we think of performance we think of athletes, musicians, actors and actresses, or anybody else that we may see on stage or on screen. But, the truth of the matter is that each of us has to perform every single day. We have to wake up and perform the various roles and responsibilities of our daily life. We need to exercise, take care of our family, attend to our tasks at work, and fulfill social obligations. From the boardroom to the ballfield, we all need to be able to perform, but we may often feel as if we are only surviving instead of thriving. Fortunately, Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) can help us boost our physical performance so we can do the things we love to do as well as we would like to do them for the foreseeable future. Here’s how.
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 a single Read more…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we are talking to those of you who had a great holiday season, and now you have to work off the holiday pounds. What exercise tips do you need to keep in mind to make sure you are being safe, yet effective, with your post-holiday workouts?
When I was 24 years old, I thought I had blown out my knee. I was playing in a basketball game in a rec league at DePaul University. During one play, I went up to dunk the ball and got hit in the chest by a defender. I reached to grab the rib to regain my balance, but the hit knocked me hard enough that I couldn’t hang on. I slipped, fell backwards, and stuck my leg out to land. The problem was that I stuck my leg out completely straight and my body was falling overtop of it at a weird angle.
