E460 - What You Need To Know When Trying To Progress With Pain
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: How do you make progress with your strength and fitness when your body is in pain? Maybe your knee hurts… Or your shoulder is bugging you… Or your low back keeps acting up… What can you do from a workout perspective to help your body not get weaker? While many people choose to avoid working out altogether to try to help their body feel better, the truth is that approach can actually slow down the healing process and keep you feeling symptomatic for longer. So what should you do...
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E459 - Why Your Tendon Issue Is Actually A Muscle Issue
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Tendon issues are one of the most common complaints we hear about. Whether it is the Achilles tendon, the patellar tendon, the biceps long head tendon, or anywhere in between, tendon issues affect many people. But, what if we told you that tendon issues were actually muscle issues? Because as much as people say, “My tendon is hurting and that’s what is wrong,” in our experience, the muscles are the things that need to be improved. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health...
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E458 - Sleep, Nutrition, or Exercise--Which Should You Prioritize?
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: There’s no denying that your sleep, your nutrition, and your exercise are all parts of living a strong, healthy life. But there’s also no denying that life gets busy, and as much as we’d like to believe that we can prioritize getting all three perfectly dialed in, that really isn’t the case for most people. So, if you fall into the boat of knowing your sleep, nutrition, and exercise are all important but you aren’t sure which to prioritize to live a strong, healthy, active...
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E457 - What To Do When Your Body Has Multiple Things Going On
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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: What do you do when your body has multiple issues going on? Maybe your shoulder hurts, your back is tight, and your knee has flared up… How do you handle a situation like this where multiple areas of your body are symptomatic? For many people, this type of scenario is one of the most frustrating to find themselves in, where everything that could be symptomatic is symptomatic and it all hits at once. Unfortunately, this kind of thing is more common than you may think, but fortunately...
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E456 - 3 Things To Do When Your Low Back Flares Up
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Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Low back flare ups are a common occurrence for many people. Unfortunately, most strategies for resolving them can actually make them worse. What we’ve seen over the last 15 years is there are specific things that are most likely to help calm down a low back flare up, but they fly in the face of the mainstream advice. What are these things and how can you use them when your low back flares up? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, that is exactly what we are...
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E455 - Is MAT Strength Training?
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: One of the main results of Muscle Activation Techniques® is increased strength. Whether you workout consistently, play sports, or just live an active life, increased strength is something that many of our clients notice very quickly. Which naturally leads many clients to ask the question, “Is MAT strength training?” On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, that is exactly what we are discussing. After 15 years of doing MAT, we have some insights into this...
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E454 - Are Weak Feet Always The Cause Of Foot Issues?
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Are weak feet always the cause of foot issues? We have discussed at length how the strength and function of the muscles of the feet directly affect how the feet feel, but does the story stop there? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are diving into whether foot issues start and end with weak foot muscles or if there is more to look at than just the feet themselves. If you have ever had foot issues, such as plantar fasciitis, this conversation will shed some...
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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...
info_outline“Smarter Not Harder” is a phrase often thrown around in the fitness industry.
While the idea of not working out as hard because you are working out more intelligently certainly sounds appealing, there are some big issues that this mindset is creating.
What are these issues, how are they holding you back from reaching your goals, and what needs to be done to break free from this?
That is exactly what we are discussing on this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast.
If you find yourself gravitating towards this idea of “Smarter Not Harder”, listen up!
There are some things about this approach that are keeping you from getting the results you want.
Check out all the details in this week’s episode!
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