Check out this awesome testimonial from Julie’s personal training client, Peggy!  Peggy describes her experience working with Julie at Muscle Activation Schaumburg.  She talks about the intimidation she previously felt when going to the gym and being around personal trainers, and how working with Julie was nothing like that.

“Hi, I’m Peggy!  I have been working with Julie for the last three or four months.  I just want to say it has been a great experience.  She has been always so very positive and I feel very comfortable coming to this facility [Muscle Activation Schaumburg].

In the past, I have always wanted to learn about strength training because everybody always talks about how that is what we are supposed to be doing, but I was always intimidated by the machines at the gyms and the personal trainers at the gyms, especially after watching The Biggest Loser and seeing everybody yell at eachother.

I just want to say that Julie never yelled at me once, she has always been very encouraging and positive and listened to what I needed.  I was afraid, at the beginning especially, because my joints can be achy at times, so I was afraid to jog a little on the treadmill or do certain knee exercises.  But, with her encouragement and instruction, I was able to do it and, actually, I feel a lot better.  After every session, when I leave here, I always feel good and I always look forward to coming back.  It has just been a really positive experience.

My goal was to lose weight.  I am still on that journey, but I was able to lose weight and some inches so that makes me very hopeful for the future because now I know what to do.”

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Julie Cates

Julie Cates is an experienced, certified, and insured National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Personal Trainer and mastery level Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) Rx Specialist (MATRx). She is one of 88 certified mastery level Resistance Training Specialists® (RTSm) in the world. This combination makes her style of training impactful and still preventative and restorative of joint and muscle issues and pain that are common with exercise. Julie specializes working with women 50 and over. Specifically, her main focus is working with women with bone density loss, muscle loss, Osteopenia, and Osteoporosis. Julie has incredible experience working with brand new exercisers. Very specific types and styles of exercises are needed for restoring and maintaining bone density, and Julie guides her clients through these in a pain-free way. She is also well experienced in helping women exercise even with various joint, bone, systemic, and neurological diagnoses. Julie is definitely your go-to personal trainer for women with Osteoporosis! Julie graduated cum laude from the University of Florida. She earned her degree in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology with a specialization in Exercise Physiology. Julie is the co-owner of Muscle Activation Schaumburg in Schaumburg, IL. She is a wife and mother of two. Julie can be reached via e-mail at julie@matschaumburg.com. Follow her on Instagram at @julcates!