E273 - Osteoporosis & Exercise - What You're Not Being Told
Release Date: 03/22/2023
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...
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E443 - Should You Be Wearing Barefoot Shoes?
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Should you be wearing barefoot shoes? While some people swear by them, others feel like there is absolutely no possible way they could ever wear barefoot shoes. So what’s the deal? Are they right for you? What kinds of benefits do they provide? And are they something you can jump into using without a second thought? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are talking all about barefoot shoes, their pros and cons, and how we recommend everybody approach using...
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E442 - Why You May Need To Exercise More Intensely If Your Body Is Breaking Down
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Does your body feel like it is breaking down? Maybe your knee feels achy, your back feels tight, or your shoulders are pinchy. Or maybe it just feels like you are “getting old”. A lot of times, when people feel this way, they are hesitant to exercise intensely–or exercise at all. But, truth be told, exercising at a low intensity may actually be causing your body to break down faster. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are explaining why this is and how...
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E441 - Your Body's Two Fences That Dictate Your Mobility
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Your body has two types of fences that dictate how well it can move. While some people may be very mobile through their hips and knees, other people may be very mobile in their back and shoulders. And some people, no matter how hard they try, seem to never be able to improve their mobility, while other people just need a little nudge and their body completely opens up. Much of these scenarios are determined by the metaphorical fences that we are discussing on this week’s episode of...
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E440 - How To Improve Your Cardio Without High Impact
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Does your body hurt when you do high-impact exercises? If so, you are not alone. Unfortunately, many ways of doing cardio are higher-impact, which can leave your joints feeling angry when you are just wanting to build a healthier heart. So, how can you improve your cardio without suffering from the negative effects of high-impact exercises? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, that is exactly what we are answering for you. We lay out our top two recommended ways...
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E439 - 3 Musts For Getting Your Workouts In Consistently
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: There are three things that must be present in order for you to workout consistently. If you are struggling to consistently workout, one of these three things is guaranteed to be missing. What are these three “musts” and how can you implement them into your day? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, that is exactly what we are discussing. We break down what each “must” is, why it is important, and what changes you need to make in order to have it be part of...
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E438 - 2 Easy Ways To Make Your Workouts More Effective
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: You don’t need a new workout routine to get better results from your workouts. You just need to switch a couple things about HOW you are doing your workouts. In fact, you can do the exact same exercises you are currently doing, with the same sets and reps, the same workouts times and times per week, and simply by changing these two things, you will get better results from your workouts. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are detailing out what these two...
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E437 - One Huge Benefit Of Consistent MAT & Exercise
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Consistently exercising and getting Muscle Activation Techniques® are two of the most important things you can do for your strength and health overall. While there are many benefits that can be experienced soon after you get started with each, there are some unique benefits that you are more likely to experience once you have been consistent for about 12 months. And, one of these benefits in particular is often the most impactful on your strength and function. What is this big benefit...
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E436 - How Soon After Your MAT Session Can You Exercise?
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: How soon after your Muscle Activation Techniques® session can you exercise? Many clients want to keep up their regular workout routine while getting their muscles tuned up with MAT, but how long after a session should you wait to workout again? While working out–and strength training in particular–are certainly an important part of maintaining healthy, strong muscles, exercising too soon after your MAT session can actually prevent you from getting the results you want with MAT. So...
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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