wellness

Traveling a lot? Here’s how to stay on top of your exercise & nutrition.

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 on the move.  You are traveling for work or leisure.  You are not at home and don’t have access to your regular gym or wherever you go to workout.  How can you still make sure you get your workouts in despite traveling?

 

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By Team MAS, ago

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

The Best Version Of You

It is common knowledge that exercising on a regular basis allows your body feel and function its best, but yet many people fail to incorporate exercise into their daily schedule.  Work, kids, social lives, managing a household, various interests and ambitions, and finding some time to relax all tend to take priority over physically challenging our bodies to improve our health and wellbeing.  However, this is not the case for everybody.

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By Charlie Cates, 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

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

Barbell vs. Dumbbells – Which is better?

“Which is most effective to gain mass in my arms – the rod, the barbell, or the curly?”  This question was posted on Quora.com recently.  While there are many exercise and fitness questions that I choose to skip over, I decided to answer this one because I felt it highlighted a common misunderstanding in the fitness industry.  There is a notion out there that the results you get from exercise are somehow dependent on the tool (machine, free weight, cable, band, etc.) that is used while exercising.  And, if you use one tool versus another, that you will get better results (more muscle, less fat, increased strength, improved endurance, and so forth).

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By Charlie Cates, 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