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E278 - Why Doing Random Workouts Is Stalling Your Progress

Exercise Is Health

Release Date: 04/26/2023

E362 - What Is Your Body’s Injury Prevention Insurance Policy? show art E362 - What Is Your Body’s Injury Prevention Insurance Policy?

Exercise Is Health

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Your body has an injury prevention insurance policy that is built into it, but did you know you can change how robust this policy is? If you are active and using your body in your day to day life, eventually life is going to happen and something is going to get tweaked or strained. Keeping this metaphorical insurance policy strong and up to date is of the utmost importance to minimize the negative effects of the minor injuries that happen every once in a while, but how do you do that? On this...

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Do your tight IT bands keep you from working out on a regular basis? Tight IT bands are one of the most common complaints among people who try to exercise consistently, especially when doing running and other forms of endurance exercise. They can also be one of the most debilitating, as well, stopping many otherwise active people from working out for months on end. So if your IT bands are tight, are you just doomed to having to rest and become deconditioned until they feel better? Or are there...

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E360 - The #1 Thing To Do With Your Workouts To Keep Your Body From Flaring Up show art E360 - The #1 Thing To Do With Your Workouts To Keep Your Body From Flaring Up

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Does your body flare up when you push yourself too hard? Maybe your back gets stiff after a round of golf… Or your knees ache after going for a walk… Or your shoulders and neck bother you after doing yard work… There is one thing that we have seen time and again be the absolute best thing you can do to keep these flare ups to a minimum, and on this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, we are unveiling what that is. We dive into the key points you need to understand about...

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Do you know the difference between rest and active recovery? While rest is often what is thought to be needed to help your body recover and feel better, that may not always be the case. In fact, there are many situations where active recovery is more effective than rest at getting your body back to feeling 100%. But what exactly is active recovery, how is it different from rest, and when should you aim to use one versus the other? On this week’s episode of , this is exactly what we are diving...

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Professional athletes may be known for their speed, strength, and athleticism, but there is one thing that they do differently than most non-athletes that allows them to compete and perform at their highest level year after year. While you can look at their physical size, their young age, and their genetic gifts and think, “There’s nothing that they do that is applicable to me,” the truth is that there is a key component of their athletic success that they abide by religiously that you...

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Have you ever woken up with your neck feeling super stiff?Sch This is an issue that many people experience, and while the temptation often is to massage it or stretch it out, there are some steps that you can take that we’ve found to be far more effective and impactful. On this week’s episode of , we are laying out three things you can do today if you woke up with your neck feeling stiff and achy. Fortunately, more times than not, waking up with a stiff neck does not necessarily mean you...

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: How important are your muscles for the health and function of your joints? On this week’s episode of , we are sharing a crazy story from a client who was given no other option but to have a full knee replacement. If you have ever needed to have a joint replacement or are concerned about having one in the future, listen up! The story we share may change your perspective on how much control and influence you have over your situation. Check out the details in this week’s episode! Ready to...

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Heart health, brain health, and metabolic health are often talked about in relation to your longevity and quality of life long-term. But did you know that there is another organ whose health has a tremendous impact on your long-term health and wellbeing, but rarely gets any press? On this week’s episode of , we are discussing what this organ is, why it is so important to keep healthy, and what specifically you can do about it. If you want to maintain your physical function and independence as...

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E354 - Why A Tight Psoas Isn't Your Problem show art E354 - Why A Tight Psoas Isn't Your Problem

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Have you been told you have a tight psoas? Maybe you’ve been to some type of therapist who told you you have a tight psoas. Or maybe you have done some internet searches and landed on a tight psoas as the self-diagnosed cause of your issues. While your psoas may feel tight, the truth is that it actually isn’t the thing that is causing your symptoms, whether they be in your back, hips, knees, or elsewhere. So what is the real issue if a tight psoas isn’t to blame? On this week’s episode...

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E353 - How To Take Control Of Your Hamstring Tightness show art E353 - How To Take Control Of Your Hamstring Tightness

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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: Are your hamstrings chronically tight? Much of the fitness and therapy worlds would lead you to believe that you need to focus more on stretching muscles, relaxing muscles, mobilizing joints, and releasing tissues; but if you have listened to our podcast for any period of time, you know that is not our take on the situation. Too often, we have seen the former approaches creating only short-term sensation changes with minimal positive long-term effects. So how can you get out of the never-ending...

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