E424 - What To Do If Your Everyday Activities Are Flaring Up Your Body
Release Date: 02/11/2026
E450 - Stop Holding Your Shoulder Blades Still
Exercise Is Health
Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Loosen Your Tight & Achy Muscles Without Stretching: Have you ever heard that you need to keep your shoulder blades still? Like they need to be held down and back in order for you to properly do certain movements or exercises? There’s a huge problem with this idea; one that is likely causing many of the issues and symptoms you may be feeling with your shoulders. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are discussing why this advice is so problematic, what your shoulder blades actually need to be doing during any...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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 of the Exercise Is Health podcast, that is exactly what we are diving into.
There are specific considerations that need to be taken if you feel like the things you do all the time are the things that are causing your issues, and knowing how to navigate that process is key to making sure you can get back to feeling well while living your life.
If you feel like your regular activities are taking a toll on your body, listen up!
There are some simple steps you can take to change this.
Check out all the details in this week’s episode!
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