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E335 – Your Feet Need To Be Mobile. Here’s Why…

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Did you know that your feet are one of the most complex and influential structures in your body? With 28 bones, over 30 joints, and 50 muscles in each foot, there is a lot going on down there! Unfortunately, most people don’t realize how important it is that all the joints of their feet move well and all the muscles Read more

By Team MAS, ago

A Simple 3-Step Plan To Workout Consistently

As the summer season kicks off, we know that schedules can get all out of whack. One of the first things that gets cut out of most people’s days when they start to get overloaded is their workout. But not you! You have the tools and knowledge to stay consistent with your workouts this week and throughout the entire holiday season. Here’s how you are going to do it: 1. Decide–Decide that you are going Read more

By Team MAS, ago

Why Your Knee Issues Aren’t Actually Knee Issues

Ladies–I have heard from so many of you that one of the biggest reasons why you feel like you can’t lift heavy weights or do high-impact training is because of how your knees feel. They ache. They hurt. They feel tender and sore. Well today I am here to tell you that the knee issues you are experiencing aren’t actually issues with your knees… Or, at least, they aren’t ONLY issues with your knees. The Read more

By Julie Cates, ago

Muscle Activation Techniques – What You Need To Know About Tight Muscles

Tight back; tight hips; tight hamstrings… Oh my! At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, tight muscles are one of the most common complaints we hear from new clients. They’ve tried stretching. They’ve tried foam rolling. They’ve tried massages. They’ve tried deep breathing. And they are still tight! Can you relate at all? If so, you are definitely in the majority. In fact, for over 13 years we have seen first hand how the popular remedies for relieving Read more

By Team MAS, ago

E334 – 3 Surprising Truths About MAT®

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever learned something new that completely contradicted so much of what you believed up to that point, such that once you learned it, you couldn’t see your old beliefs the same way again? This has happened to us time and again since we started practicing Muscle Activation Techniques® over a decade ago. On this week’s episode of the Read more

By Team MAS, ago

Basketball Players – How To Stay Athletic In The Offseason

Last week I was listening to JJ Redick and LeBron’s podcast and they were talking about transitioning from in season to off season. I found the discussion fascinating because every season is guaranteed to come to an end at some point, and as long as you have another season ahead of you to prepare for, there are some critical decisions you have to make regarding how to approach your off-season training. There is a balance Read more

By Charlie Cates, ago

E333 – The Muscle Issues Behind Frozen Shoulder

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you ever had a frozen shoulder? This is one of the most common shoulder issues that people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s experience, and it can be one of the most complex, as well. While many ways of improving frozen shoulder focus on improving the joint’s mobility, there is a huge role that your muscles can play in Read more

By Team MAS, ago

One Little-Known Reason Why Most People Don’t Exercise

One giant thing we see holding people back from exercising is not that they don’t have time or they don’t have easily accessible workouts… But rather that they haven’t given themselves permission to use their time, their energy, their resources, their attention for themselves. Whether it is a story they learned in childhood or something they adopted as they grew older, so many people operate under the false belief that the best thing they can Read more

By Team MAS, ago

E332 – It’s Not Your IT Bands’ Fault

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services  Have you ever had an IT band issue?  Maybe your IT bands are chronically tight. Or maybe you have even been told you have IT band syndrome. Or maybe you have had some pains down the side of your legs towards your knees…  Despite how your IT bands may be feeling, what you have been told about it, or how Read more

By Team MAS, ago

How To Prevent Brittle Bones – The Missing Link With Osteoporosis Exercises

Ladies–if you are in your 50s or beyond then I am sure you have thought about your bone health. How can you build stronger bones? What can you do to keep your bone density high? Are there certain exercises you need to do? What about specific supplements to take? All of these questions are exactly what many women think about once they get into their 50s, and for good reason… Bone health is extremely important! Read more

By Julie Cates, ago