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This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss what has been going on with their bodies over the past few months and what they have noticed since restarting weekly Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) sessions.  If you have ever wondered, “What could MAT® do for me?” you are definitely going to want to give this epsiode a listen. Julie and Charlie explain how some of the most annoying and severe aches and Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the three most common bad exercise habits they see in the gym.  These bad habits lead to some of the biggest complaints of exercise, such as getting injured or not getting the results you had hoped for.  If you find that your exercise is doing more harm than good, or if you aren’t making the progress in the gym that you would like, Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with wholistic nutritionist Carly Feldmeier of Nurturing Through Nature.  Carly specializes in helping clients change their relationship with food, teaching them how to eat more mindfully and bring greater joy to their meals.  Improving the food relationship is often the first step of somebody truly changing how they eat, and not establishing this foundation is often one of the biggest contributors as Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie answer a listener-submitted question that is often heard by many professionals in the Muscle Activation Techniqes® (MAT®) community – “What is the difference between MAT® and stretching?”  They go into detail about the differences of the goal(s) of each, the process(es) of each, and why you may decide to do one versus the other. If you have heard about MAT® but aren’t sure how Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Ingryd Lorenzana of the Vision & Sensory Integration Institute in Schaumburg to discuss all things vision and brain performance.  Dr. Lorenzana and her staff specialize in helping improve the function of the brain and the brain-eye connection to improve vision, mental focus, and cognitive performance.  Check out all of the details in this week’s epsiode! Dr. Lorenzana and her staff Read more