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E327 – “I’ve Stopped Exercising For 6 Months… Have I Lost It All?”

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Has it been three months, six months, or longer since you last worked out? You may be wondering, “Have I lost all of the benefits I used to have from working out?” While on the surface, it may seem like the answer is, “definitely,” the truth is a lot more nuanced than that. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Read more…

By Team MAS, ago

Exercise Recovery – How To Recover Faster From Your Workouts

A concept we bring up often is the idea of using today’s workout to set you up to come back and workout again tomorrow. When you follow the four Exercise For Life Principles, this goal becomes much easier to attain. But what if you wake up one morning and you just aren’t feeling it? Maybe you feel more tired than normal? Or your body feels a little bit achy or sore, almost as if you Read more…

By Team MAS, ago

Ladies – Here’s How To Avoid Getting Sore From Your Workouts

Ladies–do your workouts leave you feeling achy and sore after? Do you avoid working out because you don’t like feeling sore? Do you choose to not increase the weight you use because you think you will feel sore after? I hear these things from women all the time… “I am always sore for at least two days after I workout…” “I don’t want to workout because I hate feeling sore…” “I can’t lift heavier, otherwise Read more…

By Julie Cates, ago

E326 – A Simple Formula For Warming Up

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Muscles Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services How much time do you spend planning your warm up for your workouts? Most people fall into one of two camps: 1. Absolutely none; or 2. A ton. Unfortunately, if you are trying to figure out what to do on your own, the information around warming up can be as confusing as it is conflicting… Do you stretch or not? Read more…

By Team MAS, ago

Basketball Players – The Fastest Way To Become A Better Athlete

Basketball Players–there is one thing you can do that will improve your athletic performance faster than anything else. It is not a supplement to take… It is not a stretch to do… It is not even a certain amount of sleep to get… What is this one thing? Improve the function of your muscles. Improving the function of your muscles is one the fastest (if not THE fastest) ways to improve your athletic performance. One Read more…

By Charlie Cates, ago

E325 – How To Build Stronger Feet

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Feet Strong & Functioning Well: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services How often do you work on strengthening your feet? While people often think about building stronger legs, a stronger core, and stronger arms, rarely is building stronger feet prioritized. What this is leading to is people’s feet are often the weakest area of their body, and the most dysfunctional, as well. However, with some simple strategies, you can start building Read more…

By Team MAS, ago

How To Keep Your Body Running Well In Your 40s & Beyond

Is your body approaching 100,000 miles? I had a client come in a few weeks back and we were discussing the importance of regular maintenance work for his body and muscles. As an auto mechanic, he was accustomed to the idea of doing maintenance work for cars and making sure all components were working properly for the long haul. During our discussion, he brought up an interesting similarity between cars and people. He told me Read more…

By Team MAS, ago

What You Need To Know About Exercising For A Healthier Brain

One of the most exciting topics around exercise is how beneficial it is for your brain. From helping your brain regrow areas that naturally shrink with age; to improving memory, creativity, decision making, and more; to warding off multiple forms of dementia; exercise truly is a powerful elixir for having a healthy and high-functioning brain. In fact, we detailed out exactly how exercise improves all of these aspects of brain health in chapter 5 of Read more…

By Team MAS, ago

E324 – Where You Need To Be Strong To Prevent Injury

Get Started With Muscle Activation Techniques® To Keep Your Body Feeling Strong & Mobile: http://vagaro.com/muscleactivationschaumburg/services Have you heard that getting stronger can help you prevent injuries? It’s true! Consistently strength training throughout your week is one of the best things you can do to help your body stay injury-free. Unfortunately, the way most strength training programs and exercises are set up does not actually help people do that. In fact, you may feel like your Read more…

By Team MAS, ago

Ladies – Here’s How To Avoid Workout Injuries In Your 50s

Ladies, I have heard from so many of you recently that you are getting back into the workout swing again, but you are feeling that your body isn’t responding how it used to. Specifically, many women I hear from tell me that they are always feeling injured from their workouts. They hear me talk about the idea of needing to lift heavy weights to promote bone density and to do high-impact training to build stronger Read more…

By Julie Cates, ago