E457 - What To Do When Your Body Has Multiple Things Going On
Exercise Is Health
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
Exercise Is Health
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...
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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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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 episode of the Exercise Is Health podcast, we are diving into the two keys that must happen to build and maintain strong, healthy muscles with each passing year.
If you know you don’t want to get weaker as you get older but aren’t completely certain on what needs to happen to avoid that, this conversation is for you.
Check out all the details in this week’s episode!
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