E273 - Osteoporosis & Exercise - What You're Not Being Told
Release Date: 03/22/2023
E453 - The Two Keys For Strong, Healthy Muscles
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Most people don’t walk around thinking, “I want strong, healthy muscles.” BUT, nobody walks around thinking, “I want weak, unhealthy muscles.” Unfortunately, unless you are actively pursuing the former, your body is pushing you towards the latter… …which means if you aren’t actively trying to get stronger, your body is naturally getting weaker. So, how can you set yourself up to build strong, healthy muscles no matter your age or fitness level? On this week’s...
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E452 - The Downfall of Most Home Gyms
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Having a home gym is one of the most convenient ways to exercise consistently. But, there is a huge issue with many home gyms that actually stops people from getting results. Whether you are trying to get stronger, build muscle, or maintain your overall health, if this issue isn’t addressed, it can completely prevent you from making any progress whatsoever. What is this issue and how do you prevent it? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, that is exactly the...
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E451 - Your Convenience Doesn't Dictate Your Physiology
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Here’s a hard truth that many people struggle with… What is convenient for your life may not be enough to reach your goals. This applies to all areas of life, but with exercise specifically, we see this too often. Unfortunately, while many people stick to doing what is convenient for them, their health, their strength, and their overall function are sacrificed as a result. So what needs to happen instead? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, that is exactly...
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E450 - Stop Holding Your Shoulder Blades Still
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Have you ever heard that you need to keep your shoulder blades still? Like they need to be held down and back in order for you to properly do certain movements or exercises? There’s a huge problem with this idea; one that is likely causing many of the issues and symptoms you may be feeling with your shoulders. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are discussing why this advice is so problematic, what your shoulder blades actually need to be doing during any...
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E449 - One Of The Easiest Ways To Get Stronger
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Getting stronger requires you to consistently push yourself with your workouts while also staying safe and injury-free. Many people often sacrifice one of these two for the other–they either push themselves really hard and completely disregard how well their body is recovering or they lean so far towards staying safe that they never challenge themselves. While we have spent many episodes talking about how to avoid the former pitfall, there is something we haven’t ever discussed...
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E448 - Why More Information Rarely Helps You
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: More information is rarely helpful when it comes to building your health and strength. Instead of falling into the trap of “paralysis by analysis”, taking massive action on the basic things that get you 80% of the way to your goal is far more beneficial for most people. However, there are two groups of people who often do benefit from getting more information. Why does more information help these two groups but hinders most people? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health...
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E447 - Two Interesting Characteristics Of Our Clients Who Get The Best Results
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Success leaves clues, and when you look at the clients who have the most success with us, they are no exception to this rule. In fact, there are two distinct characteristics of the clients who get the best results with Muscle Activation Techniques® and strength training that we have seen come up time and again. Fortunately, these characteristics are learnable and can be implemented by anybody really quickly. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are discussing...
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E446 - One Thing That Is More Important Than Frequency With MAT
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: With Muscle Activation Techniques®, meeting frequently early on is extremely helpful to build a solid foundation and correct a lot of underlying issues. However, once that foundation is built and your body is feeling stronger and more mobile, there is something that is more important than meeting frequently to help you maintain these results. While frequency is a big piece of the puzzle if you want to continue to progress your strength and function, there is something that takes...
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E445 - One Thing That's More Important Than Where Your Pain Is
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: One of the most common stories out there is that the pain you feel indicates where your underlying issues are. Elbow hurts? Elbow issue. Back is painful? Back issue. Knee aches? Knee issue. As easy as this story is to follow, it is largely untrue. Fortunately, though, there are indicators that are a lot more telling about where your underlying issues actually are. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are diving into the one that, in our opinion, gives the...
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E444 - Should You Do MAT With A Disc Issue?
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Disc issues are one of the most common trouble areas we hear about from people. Whether it is a herniated disc in the low back or a bulging disc in the neck, it has been reported that 80% of people over the age of 30 have some type of disc issue. So if you fall into this category, should you seek out Muscle Activation Techniques® to help? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are diving into the topic of discs, muscles, and MAT, and discussing the relationship...
info_outlineYou have likely heard that exercise can be a useful activity to prevent and possibly reverse osteoporosis, but are you being told the entire story?
While many doctors, media outlets, and publications will recommend doing "weight bearing" activities, what actually needs to be done with your workouts to have an effect on building and strengthening your bones?
Are the common recommendations enough? Or could they actually be contributing to bone loss?
On this week's episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie and Charlie take a deep dive into the scientific research of what needs to be done with your workouts in order to prevent bone loss. Even though popular opinions like to talk about activities such as walking to prevent bone loss, the research paints a shockingly different picture.
Check out all of the details in this week's episode!
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