• Julie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Fitness – We Have Been Taught To Focus On The Wrong Thing

As a personal trainer in Schaumburg, I am seeing that the fitness field today is all about what’s HOT, NEW,… Read More

  • Charlie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Building Muscle: Four Exercise Necessities

As a personal trainer in Schaumburg, I see a number of papers, books, and articles written on building muscle.  In… Read More

  • Community Talks
  • Exercise For Life
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Summer Exercise Success in the Northwest Suburbs

It is that time of year again!  The kids are out of school, the grill is fired up, and your… Read More

  • Charlie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Five Principles to Help You Exercise For Life

One thing I am seeing in the exercise industry is a lack of specificity. In particular, specificity when it comes… Read More

  • Julie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Group Fitness and Personal Training

Both group fitness and personal training are great things, right?  But have you considered how different they are?   Growing up… Read More

  • Charlie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

My Current View On Exercise

Throughout my life, I have held many views on exercise.  Initially, I was a sports performance guy.  Anything that could… Read More

  • Julie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

AAPTE Coming To Muscle Activation Schaumburg

The Academy of Applied Personal Training Education (AAPTE) has established its first hub (outside of its home in New York) in… Read More

  • Charlie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Techniques®

Muscle Tutoring

When you exercise, you use the muscles that are working well.  In fact, we do this all the time, even… Read More

  • Julie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Exercising for Entertainment or Exercising for Health?

Do you exercise for your entertainment or for your health?  As a personal trainer in Schaumburg, this is a question… Read More

  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg
  • Muscle Activation Techniques®

Muscle Activation Techniques™ Specialist Program Coming to Chicago!

The Greg Roskopf's Muscle Activation Techniques™ Specialist Program is coming to the Chicago area! (more…) Read More