E116 – How can improving your muscle function improve your brain function? Interview with Greg Roskopf, Developer of Muscle Activation Techniques®

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Greg Roskopf, the developer of Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®), to discuss muscle function, brain function, and the cause and effect relationship between the two. Greg gives the details of how he developed MAT®, the paradigm shift that caused him to start looking at muscle tightness as the symptom rather than the issue, the potency of the MATRx® process, and the profound Read more…

Exercise Tips for Brain Health

Hey welcome back everybody to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. Brain health is an important topic as it relates to longevity and quality of life. Did you know that exercise can have a tremendous influence over the health and function of your brain? But, not just any kind of exercise will do the trick. We have three tips for you below to start implementing into your weekly workout plan to make sure you are Read more…

E115 – How To Exercise When You Have “No” Time

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the number one objection they hear when they bring up exercise to people – “I don’t have time.” If you find yourself saying this, then this episode is for you! Julie and Charlie lay out 5 steps that MUST happen in order for you to exercise consistently, and once they do, you will be able to exercise on a regular basis no matter Read more…

Schedule changes? Here’s how to still get your workouts in.

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. Daylight Savings Time was two days ago, and for many people this has caused schedules to be in flux. Despite the craziness that schedule changes can bring, you still need to make sure that you get your workout in so you can live your best life. Here are three tips to ensure that happens. 1) Schedule Your Exercise Our first tip to help you get your Read more…

E114 – What’s the issue with rotator cuff issues?

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the rotator cuff and why what you may be experiencing as a rotator cuff symptom may not actually be a rotator cuff issue. The rotator cuff gets a lot of press about often being too weak or dysfunctional, but there is a lot more that goes into the rotator cuff than just the shoulder itself. Check out all of the details in this Read more…

Non-Shoulder Exercises To Help Support Your Rotator Cuff

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. This week we are talking about the rotator cuff. This group of muscles is often blamed for being too weak, leading to a multitude of other shoulder issues. There may be other areas of the body that are contributing factors, though, such as the trunk and the hips, so we want to discuss exercise tips for working these areas if you have a rotator cuff issue. Read more…

E113 – How To Exercise With An “Itis”

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss their top tips to help you exercise if you have some kind of “itis” – tendonitis, bursitis, plantar fasciitis, etc. One in five US adults reports having chronic pain, and that number increases the older someone gets. Learn how you can continue to exercise–and reap the multitude of health benefits from doing so–even if you have a nagging “itis” in this week’s episode! Read more…

Tips For Exercising With An “Itis”

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. Now this week, we are talking about how to exercise with a common complaint that we hear about, and that is an “itis” issue, such as tendonitis, bursitis, plantar fasciitis. How can you start modifying your exercise right now to help respect the symptoms that your body is giving you while still ensuring you are able to workout consistently? The two biggest categories that we need Read more…

E112 – How can a compounding pharmacy improve your health?

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with Dr. Matt Dhingra to discuss his work as a compounding pharmacist. What is a compounding pharmacist? How can a compounding pharmacy improve your health? How is it different than a traditional pharmacy? Check out all of these details and more in this week’s episode! Links referenced in this week’s episode can be found below: Professional Compounding Centers of America website Connect Read more…

Customize Your Exercise – Our Top Tip

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays. This week we are talking about how to customize your exercise for your body. We find that one of the biggest inhibitors to somebody exercising consistently for the long term is sustaining recurring injuries from exercise. This often happens when people are doing exercises and workouts that are not customized for their body, so to combat this, we want to show you the top thing you Read more…