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E311 - The #1 Way To Get Stronger When Working On Flexibility

Release Date: 12/13/2023

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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Is your flexibility training making you weaker?

It is well known that stretching decreases strength, but do all flexibility exercises have this effect?

How can you increase your flexibility without getting weaker, and do so in ways that actually makes you stronger?

On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, we are laying out the #1 thing you can do to increase your strength as you improve your flexibility.

Stretching does NOT have to leave you weak, vulnerable to injury, and feeling tighter. In fact, there is a simple switch you can make while doing your stretching that will change all of this for you.

Check out all the details in this week’s episode!

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