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The summer months can be some of the most enjoyable of the year, but they can also be some of the most challenging on your health and strength. Between the cookouts, holidays, weekend celebrations, and an overall desire to not be indoors or in a gym, many people find themselves going through summer feeling weaker and weaker. While the fall, winter, and spring months can make it easy to stay inside to do strength training, Read more

Resistance training often gets a bad name for being stressful for joints like your knees, back, and shoulders. BUT – does it have to be this way?? Do the exercises you do to strengthen your muscles also have to hurt your joints in the process? Or, are there ways to to get all of the muscle benefits of strength training while also making your joints healthier along the way? On this week’s episode of the Read more

Are you in your 50s or 60s and brand new to exercise? Or perhaps you used to exercise in your teens and 20s but it has been 30 years or more since those days… How can you get back into the swing of working out now so you can build your strength and fitness without feeling achy, sore, or injured? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, that is exactly what Julie Read more

Every week you hear us say, “Your health is your most valuable asset, and exercise is the single-best thing you can do to boost and protect that asset.” But how true is this?? Is exercise really just good for losing weight and building muscle? Or is it actually the best thing you can do for your overall health and function? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie and Charlie are sitting Read more

Do you want your workouts to help you function better in your day to day life? A lot of times, different training methods called “functional training” are said to be the thing that need to be done in order to get this effect. But functional training, as it is traditionally done, can actually leave your body less functional AND limited your ability to progress. So how should you workout to help your body function better Read more

Stress management and reduction are big topics these days, whether it is in the office, at home, or just for overall health and wellbeing. But most ways of reducing stress are additive to what is likely an already jam-packed schedule; in other words, many of the recommendations are along the lines of, “Add in meditation,” “Start journaling,” or “Do some deep breathing exercises.” While these methods certainly can be effective, is there something you can Read more

Low back pain is one of the most common orthopedic complaints in the US today. Whether it stems from a sedentary lifestyle, weight gain, or something else, the end result of low back pain can often prevent people from exercising. Not only does this mean that you don’t get the health benefits of exercise if you are skipping it because of low back pain, but going long periods of time without exercising may actually make Read more