We began learning about the role that muscles can play in feeling and functioning well through a series of courses called Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) and Resistance Training Specialist® (RTS®). Charlie also enrolled in graduate school to study the role of exercise in promoting health, boosting longevity, and warding off chronic disease and illness.

Through these courses, working with clients, and our own self-experimentation, we began seeing that when we changed how we exercised, our health and function completely changed.

After years of study and experiencing firsthand the issues the mainstream fitness industry creates, we opened up our boutique exercise studio in Schaumburg, IL, one of Chicago’s northwest suburbs.

Our goal was simple - to provide a safe and private place for our clients to exercise in ways that were sustainable and felt good while building their strength, health, and function.

While the work we were doing with our one-on-one clients was impacting their lives, we knew that our message could benefit more than just those in our community. That is why, in 2018, we began pulling back the curtain on how we work with our clients with our weekly podcast, Exercise Is Health®.

Then, in 2020, our studio had to shut down during the stay-at-home order in the state of Illinois. For 75 days in a row, we conducted live workouts from our living room, helping our followers continue to build their strength and health from their homes. This was the catalyst that allowed us to realize that our exercise philosophies and training methodologies could be effectively implemented through online workouts.

In 2021, we brought our message to an even wider audience with the release of our first book, The Exercise For Life Method, in which we detailed out the how and why of our philosophies.