Here’s a cool article in the Chicago Sun-Times about a local MAT® specialist, Steve Dam. Muscle Mechanic Improve Life Quality via the Chicago Sun-Times Get big or die tryin’.
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Muscle Mechanic Improves Life Quality
Posted: 7th April 2012 by Charlie in MATTags: Charlie Cates, Chicago Sun-Times, MAT, Muscle Activation Techniques, Self Made, Steve Dam
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Are You Sore?
Posted: 15th November 2011 by Charlie in MAT, PhysiologyTags: Charlie Cates, Jacques Henri Taylor, neurophysiology, neuroscience, Self Made, soreness
Soreness is something many people try to achieve through their training. To them, it is a sign of a “good workout” or a “job well done”. In reality, soreness is micro-injury to the tissue and micro-truama to the neuromuscular system. When a tissue is injured it is no longer able to contract properly. Looking at [...]
Feeling vs. Function
Posted: 4th October 2011 by Charlie in MATTags: Charlie Cates, foam rolling, Self Made, self miofascial release, static strethcing, stretching
Over the past few months I have written posts about my change of beliefs regarding foam rolling and stretching as both means to increase range of motion and speed recovery time. I have received a lot of comments from people about these new beliefs as people try to rationalize why they may have changed in [...]
Is Foam Rolling Doing What You Think It Is?
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Charlie in MATTags: Charlie Cates, foam rolling, it-band, massage, recovery, Self Made, self-myofascial release, training
I used to foam roll all the time. Every day, sometimes twice a day. I had a whole routine for my lower back on down, and in my head I thought I was helping myself. I was told that foam rolling would break up fascial adhesions, releasing tight muscles and allowing me to recover faster. [...]
Stretching to Improve ROM and Speed Recovery: Fact or Fiction?
Posted: 21st June 2011 by Charlie in MAT, Non-StretchingTags: Charlie Cates, Greg Roskopf, MAT, Self Made, static stretching
I have always been a huge proponent of static stretching. Years ago, I would stretch before, after, and between training sessions. Then, as my “knowledge” grew, I limited my static stretches to post-workout. While I never really saw marked increases in joint range of motion (ROM), I did believe that it was helping me recover [...]
Why Tiger Struggles
Posted: 5th May 2011 by Charlie in MATTags: ACL, Charlie Cates, Golf, Greg Roskopf's, Knee, MAT, MCL, PGA Tour, Scott McWilliam, Self Made, Tiger Woods
**Disclaimer: The original idea for this post is not my own. It was discussed by a colleague of mine, Scott McWilliam, and I am simply taking was he said and putting it into a blog post. Tiger Woods announced last week that he will, once again, be missing time due to an injury to his [...]