• Charlie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Techniques®

Your Check Engine Light

As a personal trainer and MAT™ Specialist in Schaumburg, I am often telling people that they need to get their… Read More

  • Charlie Cates

One Exercise Tip To Rule Them All

As a personal trainer in Schaumburg, if there was one exercise tip I would want everybody to know, it is… Read More

  • Charlie Cates
  • Exercise For Life
  • Julie Cates

Six Tips for a “Six-essful” Life of Exercise

Looking for tips to help make exercise part of your daily routine?  As personal trainers in Schaumburg, Charlie and Julie… Read More

  • Charlie Cates

Why You Should Stop Counting Reps

One of the biggest exercise myths is that a designated number of repetitions need to be performed in order to… Read More

  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Personal Training & MAT™ In Schaumburg

At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, we believe in helping our clients exercise for life.  We do this through one-on-one personal training… Read More

  • Charlie Cates

Muscle-Building Tips – Perform As Many Reps As You Can

In my last post on the four exercise necessities for building muscle, the first point I brought was that when… Read More

  • Julie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Fitness – We Have Been Taught To Focus On The Wrong Thing

As a personal trainer in Schaumburg, I am seeing that the fitness field today is all about what’s HOT, NEW,… Read More

  • Charlie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Building Muscle: Four Exercise Necessities

As a personal trainer in Schaumburg, I see a number of papers, books, and articles written on building muscle.  In… Read More

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  • Exercise For Life
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Summer Exercise Success in the Northwest Suburbs

It is that time of year again!  The kids are out of school, the grill is fired up, and your… Read More

  • Charlie Cates
  • Muscle Activation Schaumburg

Five Principles to Help You Exercise For Life

One thing I am seeing in the exercise industry is a lack of specificity. In particular, specificity when it comes… Read More