Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are bringing you one exercise topic, talking about it for two minutes, and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are talking about cardio. Cardio is something a lot of people who exercise love to do, but here are three considerations for you if you are going to engage in a cardiovascular activity.
As personal trainers in Schaumburg, we strive to provide our clients with the most up to date exercise approaches to health, strength, and mobility. This, undoubtedly, involves an integration of Muscle Activation Techniques™ with more traditional exercise. We are often asked how we are able to blend the two–MAT™ and regular exercise–within a single personal training session and what information we are able to gather from the MAT™ assessment to help us make exercise decisions. Well, MAT™ Headquarters just released a post giving a nice overview of how the two can blend. And if you watch the associated videos below, you may or may not recognize the face on screen 😉
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we bring you one exercise topic, talk about it for two minutes, and give you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are talking about toning. Specifically, if you are looking to tone up, three tips to help you get that nice toned look.
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 bringing you three tips if you are looking to build muscle without tearing up your joints. Three tips to help you support your joints and not get wear and tear.
“I don’t know how my body got like this. My entire life I’ve done the right things. I have eaten a healthy diet. I have exercised regularly. I have been doing the right things for as long as I can remember.”
As a personal trainer and MAT™ specialist in Schaumburg, this kind of statement is one that I hear every now and then. People are in disbelief that, despite their best efforts, their bodies are not feeling and functioning as they would expect. Their joints are achy, their muscles are stiff, and their once-youthful energy seems to be just a memory. And the most frustrating part for them is that they have always tried to do what others told them would be good for them. They always tried to do the right things for their body.
However, the unfortunate truth is that the information they were given and the activities they were doing have likely contributed significantly to what they are now experiencing.
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 about three commonly-accepted myths of exercise; things that people typically throw out there thinking that they are true but are actually false. As personal trainers, these are myths that we have to combat on a regular basis.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking to you about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should take our advice. This week we are talking about differences between exercising for your health versus exercising for sport.
Check out this snippet from Charlie’s most recent post on FitnessProfessionalOnline.com, titled “The Physiological and Mechanical Tradeoff“!
“As a personal trainer, one of the difficulties I often run into is trying to balance what a client can do with what they want to do. Often times these situations will look like this:
Client: “I want to build my glutes.”
Me: “Okay, let’s add in some lunges today.”
Client: (During the first set) “Ouch, this is bothering my knee.”
I call this dilemma the physiological/mechanical tradeoff. It’s a tradeoff because, as personal trainers, we know how we want to challenge our clients’ physiology, but we need to be able to do so within the mechanical parameters that are presented. (more…)
Welcome back to this week’s edition of Two-Minute Tuesdays where we pick one exercise topic, talk about it for two minutes, and give you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are talking about balance, specifically, exercise tips to improve your balance.
Check out this awesome testimonial from Julie and Charlie’s client, Liz! Liz describes her experience doing personal training with Julie and Muscle Activation Techniques™ with Charlie. She talks about how what she has learned with Julie and Charlie has far outweighed everything she learned the previous 20 years of exercising regularly, as well as her body’s transformation over the past three months.
