Exercise Is Health

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie discuss the idea of internal exercise and how it is different than external exercise. One of the biggest problems with the fitness industry is the focus that is placed on the external - weight, reps, time, speed, looks, etc. Julie and Charlie discuss the steps that need to be taken in order to switch the focus of your exercise from the external to the internal and the many health benefits that will follow by doing so.

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast we have a rockstart guest on our show - Dr. Jeremy Barone of Barone Spinal Care and Performance in Schaumburg, IL. Dr. Barone is a NUCCA chiropractor and avid proponent of health and wellbeing. We discuss exactly what differentiates NUCCA chiropractic care from other types of chiropractic care, what the proposed mechanisms of improvement for the technique are, and how NUCCA chiropractic care fits into a person's desire to improve their overall health and function. Other topics of discussion include:

• What is unique about the upper cervical spine
• Why it is vital to have the upper cervical spine aligned
• The many systems within your body that can be negatively affected if your upper cervical spine is out of alignment
• What some signs and symptoms may be to tell if you are out of alignment
• What the four pillars of health are and how exercise and chiropractic care fit into those four pillars

Be sure to check out Dr. Barone online at BaroneSpinalCare.com as well as on Facebook here. And if you haven't already, subscribe to our podcast on whatever platform you listen to us so you can receive all of our episodes as soon as they are released each week.

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie are answering listener-submitted questions! This is the first Q&A episode for the podcast, and the Muscle Activation Schaumburg team will be discussing topics such as:

• How can we explain what MAT® is in simple terms?
• What workout advice do you have for people over 60?
• How many days each week should I be working out?

Make sure to check out and download our free ebook, "5 Simple Steps To Create Lifelong Health Through Exercise" (discussed in this week's episode). Also, take a look at this blog post for some of the references discussed in this episode regarding exercise and disease prevention as well as this post for references discussing exercise and brain health.

If you would like Julie and Charlie to answer an exercise question you have, submit it via email to [email protected] and listen for it in next month's Q&A episode!

Welcome back to the Exercise Is Health podcast your hosts, Julie and Charlie of Muscle Activation Schaumburg, are discussing exercise, health, and the interconnectedness of the two. This week, we are talking about a topic that is one of our specialities at Muscle Activation Schaumburg - Muscle Activation Techniques®. What is MAT®? Why is it important? How can it help you reach your health and fitness goals? All of this and more will be discussed in this week's episode. If you enjoy this episode, please make sure to subscribe to our podcast so you can hear all of our content that is released every week. To find out more about MAT®, click here. To see more of our MAT®-related content, click here. You can find a speicalist in your area here, too!

Main points from this week's show:

• MAT® is a systematic approach to assessing and addressing dysfunction of the muscular system.
• MAT® is utilized by people wanting to be more active in their life, people wanting to get back to exercising regularly, people who want to continue to exercise, as well as high-level athletes.
• The goal of MAT® is to help the muscular system contract on demand, resulting in increased strength and often improvements in joint motion.
• MAT® is analogous to getting your car tuned up - this is like a tune-up for your muscles.

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast we are talking about hitting singles vs. hitting home runs with your workouts. So often we want to go into the gym and just crush our workouts - or at least that's what we think we need to do. But, is that mentality really helping us to reach our goals? Julie and Charlie discuss.

Talking points from this episode:

• What is the difference between hitting a single vs. hitting a home run?
• What are the potential issues with trying to hit a home run every time you exercise?
• Why is it important to consider hitting singles?
• What are some signs that you are trying to hit a home run with your workout?
• What are some signs that you are tyring to hit a single with your workout?
• What changes can you make to your workouts to ensure that you are hitting singles?

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