Do you compete with yourself when you workout? The mainstream fitness industry is putting out more and more exercise options focused on “you verses you”, meaning you are focused on trying to “best yourself” from a previous workout. But what issues are being created with this? Is this approach to exercise safe and beneficial for your health? Or is it actually setting you up for a number of potential complications both in the short term Read more…

Will lifting heavy weights damage your joints? What if your joints are already compromised? Will it make things worse? These are questions and concerns that a number of people have when it comes to exercising and lifting weights, but they don’t have to stop you from getting the benefits of strength training. On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie and Charlie explore these questions and dive into why lifting weights can Read more…

Are injuries keeping you from exercising consistently? One of the biggest reasons we hear as to why people have stopped exercising is because they suffered an injury during a workout or doing something else. While you always need to be mindful of your body’s healing process, having an injury is not necessarily a fast-pass to not exercising. In fact, oftentimes you can still exercise consistently as long as you keep in mind a few specific Read more…

Taking your MEDS is one of the most important things you can do for your health and wellbeing. While the idea of taking medication may not be appealing to you, taking your MEDS is an abosolute necessity to live a long, healthy life. But what does it mean to take your MEDS? And why does it not have anything to do with pharmaceuticals? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie and Read more…

Do you ever get bored with your workouts? What do you do when this happens? A lot of times the remedies for boredom with exercise tend to be to either: 1. increase the intensity or 2. increase the entertainment factor. But could these solutions be setting you up for injury? On this week’s episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss this idea of boredom with exercise, what the problems are with Read more…