The Exercise Is Health® Podcast

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with world-renowned sleep expert Dr. Kirk Parsley. Dr. Parsley dives into why we need to sleep, how it helps us to be healthy and live longer, and what simple things we can all do to improve our Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a commonly-held belief that there isn’t a reason to exercise if you don’t have an exercise goal. However, this could not be further from the truth. Julie and Charlie discuss why most exercise goals actually make you less Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss one of the more controversial exercise machines – the leg press – and dive into why you should be using it. From the belief that the leg press is “not functional” to the idea that using it is Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Jenn Malecha, who specializes in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and Transformational Coaching, to discuss fatigue, weight gain, and the connection between the thyroid, gut, liver, and HPA axis. If you are constantly feeling like you are in Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss a huge event that is taking place this weekend (Saturday, April 17, 2021) – the Schaumburg Health Summit 2021! Back in 2019, Julie and Charlie ran the first-ever Schaumburg Health Summit, but this year’s event is going to Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie dive into the science of exercising every day. What changes do people often see with their health when they start exercising more consistently? This is the third installment of this three-part series, so to get more the full story Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie continue their discussion on exercising every day; whether it is something you should consider doing; and, if so, how you should go about doing it. They build off of last week’s episode, which introduced the idea of exercise that uses Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss exercising every day, whether it is something you should consider doing, and if it could actually be bad for you. This is the first of a three-part series where they break down some different ways to be thinking about Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss some popular exercises for your chest and shoulder muscles, the similarities and differences between them, and why you might strategically choose to do one exercise versus another. If you have ever thought that all pressing exercises are the Read more