E282 - How To Strength Train If You Have Lower Back Pain
Release Date: 05/24/2023
E429 - Why Stretching Isn't Helping You Stay Loose
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Stretching is the most common way to loosen up tight muscles, but there’s a big problem–it doesn’t help you STAY loose. Sure, stretching can create a short-term feeling of looseness, but it doesn’t actually keep the tightness away. In fact, the tightness often comes back more intense than before, which traps many people in a cycle of feeling tight, stretching, creating short-term relief, and then feeling tight all over again. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health...
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E428 - What Does Effective Total Body Strength Training Look Like?
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Total body strength training is something we recommend to almost all of our clients. Time and again we have seen this to be an effective and efficient way to build strength, but how total body strength training is portrayed by mainstream fitness gives the absolute wrong impression of what actually needs to be done. In fact, what we recommend for total body strength training is a complete 180 to what is commonly thought of as total body strength training. On this week’s episode of the...
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E427 - The Unspoken Truth About Making Strength Gains
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: There is a lot of information out there about what it takes to get stronger and this is something we have spoken about often, as well. What isn’t talked about too much, though, is what the actual process of getting stronger looks like how quickly you should expect to see strength gains, how long those strength gains will go on for, etc. Unfortunately, there is one big misconception about the process of increasing your muscle strength that deters a lot of people from continuing to try...
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E426 - An Early Marker of Improved Muscle Strength & Function
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Muscle strength is often measured by the amount of weight that you can lift, but did you know there is actually an earlier indication that your muscles are getting stronger? This early marker is one of the first things we see improve with many of our clients, and without realizing how important of a sign it is, it is really easy to overlook. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are diving into what this early marker is, why it is so important, and how to...
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E425 - An Unexpected Benefit Of Muscle Activation Techniques®
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: There are many well-known benefits of Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT) like increasing strength and relieving tight muscles. However, there is one benefit of MAT that very few people know about when they start but almost everybody experiences at some point in their MAT journey. This benefit, while not discussed as much as the changes in strength and symptoms, actually has one of the biggest impacts on people’s overall quality of life and what they are able to consistently do...
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E424 - What To Do If Your Everyday Activities Are Flaring Up Your Body
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Does your body get flared up even though you are just doing all the things you normally do? Meaning, there’s nothing out of the ordinary that you did, and yet your body still flares up… Believe it or not, everyday activities are one of the biggest culprits we see that cause people’s bodies to not feel well, so how can you overcome this if the things you enjoy doing every day and the things you need to do every day are causing your body to break down? On this week’s episode...
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E423 - What To Expect When You Go From Symptom-Focused MAT To Strength-Focused MAT
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT) is one of the most effective ways to calm down muscle- and joint-related symptoms, but its power doesn’t end there. Once your symptoms are addressed and you are feeling well, it is time to move to the next stage of MAT, and this is where things get taken to a whole new level. And, when you make that jump with MAT to level up your body, the progress from one session to the next can look different than when you were simply having symptoms addressed....
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E422 - New MAT Updates We've Been Using
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: For over a decade we’ve been practicing MATRx–the highest level of Muscle Activation Techniques®–but two months ago that changed. For the last couple of months we have been practicing a brand new version of Muscle Activation Techniques®, and the results have been nothing short of remarkable. The changes we have seen within our clients and ourselves during our sessions have left us truly amazed by this new process, and that is what we want to tell you about today. On this...
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E421 - How To Navigate An Acute Muscle Flare Up
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: What do you do when your body flares up while living your life? Maybe you were shoveling snow and all of the sudden your back got tweaked. Or perhaps you were putting boxes up high on a shelf and all of a sudden your shoulder started to hurt. Or maybe walking down your stairs and your knee muscles felt like they were going to give out. Whatever flare up happens, having a plan of action to get your body back on course is critical to make sure you are able to continue living your life....
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E420 - How To Stay Safe While Lifting Heavy
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Challenging your body is a non-negotiable if you want to build strength and get results with your workouts. Often, increasing the challenge means increasing the amount of weight you use when you strength train. However, many people are hesitant to increase their weights and lift heavier out of fear of injuring themselves. So, how can you actually lift as heavy as you need to in order to get the results you want while still staying safe during your workouts? On this week’s episode of...
info_outlineLow back pain is one of the most common orthopedic complaints in the US today. Whether it stems from a sedentary lifestyle, weight gain, or something else, the end result of low back pain can often prevent people from exercising.
Not only does this mean that you don't get the health benefits of exercise if you are skipping it because of low back pain, but going long periods of time without exercising may actually make low back pain worse.
So how can you strengthen your low back if you have been cleared for exercise from your physician but are experiencing low back pain?
Is there a way to exercise that will minimize the risk for injury and issues to your low back while still providing the health and strength benefits you need?
On this week's episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, that is exactly what Julie and Charlie are exploring.
If you are avoiding working out because of how your low back is feeling, listen up!
Exercise is necessary not only for your overall health, but for the health of your low back. But HOW you exercise matters. This episode will break down what you need to know.
Check out all of the details in this week's episode!
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