The Exercise Is Health® Podcast

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Anthony Auriemma of AMITA Health to discuss the science behind obesity and weight loss.  They cover topics such as why the calorie in, calorie out model is broken; the role of gut health on weight Read more

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 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 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 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, 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 Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss one of the more common shoulder issues they see with new clients – frozen shoulder.  Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, can be an extremely painful and debilitating condition where a person’s shoulder stops moving well and hurts when Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podast, Julie and Charlie discuss seven things that you need to be doing with your exercise if you feel like your body has been getting achier and you’re not sure why.  Often times, you may feel like how your body feels is out Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie put their own spin on a question from Quora.com and sit down to answer it.  The question was, “What are some fitness hacks?” and in good MAS-fashion, Julie and Charlie changed it to, “What are some sustainable fitness hacks Read more

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Concetta Forchetti of AMITA Health to discuss dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and brain health.  Dr. Forchetti specializes in neurology with special interests in Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and memory disorder.  She disucsses the difference between Alzheimer’s disease Read more