Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Personal Training and MAT® – What’s the difference?

A question we often get at Muscle Activation Schaumburg is, “What’s the difference between Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) and personal training?”.  As personal trainers and MAT® practitioners, this is an important clarification for us to help our clients and prospective clients with.

For us at Muscle Activation Schaumburg, personal training and MAT® go hand in hand.  While there are distinct differences between the two, there are a lot of similarities, as well.

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By Charlie Cates, ago

How to take your home workouts to the next level

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice.  Now this week, we’re talking to those of you who workout at home.  You’re not fans of the gym.  You don’t go to the gym.  You get it all in at home.  What things do you need to make sure to do in order to maximize your workouts at home.

 

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By Team MAS, ago

Kids back in school? Get your workouts in with these tips!

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice.  Now this week, we are talking to those of you who have kids who are back in school.  Their after-school activities are increasing, and you still need to find the time to workout.  How can you do this with the increased schedule demand in the afternoon hours?

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By Team MAS, ago

The Minimum Exercise Necessary To Improve Health

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice.  Now this week, we are talking to those of you who are looking to do the bare minimum.  What is the least amount of exercise you should be aiming to get in each and every week in order to maintain and improve your health?

 

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By Team MAS, ago

On a time budget? Exercise with these three tips.

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice.  Now this week, we’re talking to those of you who are on a time budget.  Those of you who want to exercise, who need to exercise, but your schedule is super restricted.  How can you still fit exercise in with a limited time budget?

 

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By Team MAS, ago

Hip Ab/Adduction Machine – 3 Reasons You Need To Be Using This

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-MInute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice.  Now this week, we are talking about a specific machine.  In fact, this machine is usually just thought of as “the ladies’ machine”.  But, we need to explain to the fellas why you need to be using it as well.

The machine we are talking about is the hip abduction and adduction machine.  That is the machine where you sit down and you push your legs out or you sit down and you push your legs together.

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By Team MAS, ago

Soreness With Exercise – 3 Considerations When Feeling Sore

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice.  Now this week, we are talking to those of you who love working out to the point where you are sore.  You wake up the next day and you feel achy and you love that feeling.  Why should you work out not to the point of soreness?


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By Team MAS, ago

Resistance Training – 3 Life Benefits From Doing It Consistently

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice.  Now, this week we are talking to those of you who are interested in resistance training but are not sure how it might impact your life.  What are some of the awesome benefits that you can see from resistance training if you start doing it on a consistent basis?

 

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By Team MAS, ago

Focus At The Gym – 3 Tips To Improve Your Exercise Efficiency

Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice.  This week we are talking to those of you who seem to get distracted at the gym.  You go there, you have a goal, but all you seem to be doing is just dilly-dallying around.  How can you improve your focus at the gym so you are there, you get your workout done, and you get out of there.

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By Team MAS, ago