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 feeling awesome. You feel ready to go. You feel ready to workout and hit it hard. What things do you need to keep in mind to make sure you can maximize your workout?
If you want to improve your health, function, and fitness, creating more margin for your muscular system is a must-do. Last week, I discussed three ways that you can go about doing exactly this. But, there’s another way, as well, and that is to cut out the bad habits that are breaking down your muscular system. Specifically, you need to cut out the bad exercise habits that are detrimental to the health, function, and fitness of your muscular system. Here are the three most common ones I see:
When you think of creating margin within your life, what areas come to mind? Perhaps you would like to create more of a financial margin for yourself. Or maybe you would like to create a greater margin with your time. You may also want to create more of a margin with your responsibilities, delegating some of those to others so you can create more peace of mind.
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. This week, we are talking to those of you who are on a time crunch, who have 20 minutes or less to workout. How can you master the 20-minute workout?
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.
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. This week, we are talking to those of you who rock the fitness tracker. You are counting your steps and gathering your data, but how can you make sure that those numbers are actually useful for you?
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.
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 at a new gym. How do you navigate the landscape and layout of a new gym? How can you make sure you are able to still get a good workout in despite not being super familiar with your surroundings?
At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, we see a wide variety of clients for Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®). We see clients who are younger and older, clients who are more physically fit and those who are not, and clients who are highly athletic as well as those whose athleticism may be lacking. But, despite this variety, there is a consistency that we see regarding the differences between our clients who are professional athletes and those who are not.
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 may be feeling the weight of your New Year’s Resolutions. You may be struggling to keep up with your New Year’s Resolutions. Especially when it comes to exercise and fitness, how can you make sure to stick with your New Year’s Resolutions this time of year?
