To our valued current clients, former clients, friends, business associates, and followers: Happy summer! It is an honor to be writing you for the third year in a row. June 6, 2018 marked three years of occupancy in our current office (and approximately 4½ years in business overall). It has […]
I had a client come in a few weeks back and we were talking about how our approach to exercise is different at Muscle Activation Schaumburg than at most other personal training studios in Schaumburg. I was telling him how our approach to exercise was all about improving our clients’ […]
One of the most common issues I have experienced while working out is not being able to feel the exercises I was doing. This is a complaint I have heard from clients, prospective clients, and regular exercisers, as well. Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever gone to […]
This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss three ways that Muscle Activation Techniques®, or MAT®, can help improve your workouts. If you have not heard of MAT® before, definitely check out our earlier episodes to learn about what MAT® is and how it can benefit […]
A couple weeks back on the blog I wrote about why your feet absolutely have to flatten when you walk. You can check the entire post here. This concept of your feet flattening is important to understand because your feet have multiple motions they have to perform when you walk. […]
A couple weeks back I published a post on the structural variations that can be seen between people and how these variations influence the ability of the joints to move. I discussed how certain sports have requirements that need to be met from a joint motion perspective, and that how […]
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’re talking to those of you who are preparing for golf season. The links are opening […]
When the topic of “how to decrease injury” is discussed, oftentimes ideas such as stretching, joint mobility, and core training come up. While these are all fine and well, an idea this is often not thrown around is that of improving how well your muscles function. However, improving this aspect of your health could be the missing link that you have been looking for to help you prevent injuries.
Before we talk about how improving muscle function could reduce your risk for injury, we have to answer a few other questions. First, we need to identify what muscles actually do. Second, we need to discuss how they do that thing they do. Third, we need to talk about how doing that thing will actually help you reduce your risk for injury. And finally, we need to leave you with some practical application steps of things you can do to start taking action now.
When you think of exercise, what is the first thought that comes to mind? It may be a specific activity, such as running or lifting weights. It may be a physical feeling, like fatigue, soreness, or strength. It may be a goal, such as weight loss or completing a marathon. It may be an emotion, such as excitement, happiness, or possibly dread. But, when you think of exercise, is the first thing you think of “health”? Likely not, and unfortunately this disconnect between exercise being an activity you do for the sake of the activity instead of something you do for your health is contributing to you skipping a vital form of exercise.
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 […]