The Cleveland MAT Group

06/18/2016

What will your fitness look like at 80?!

Start training now so you can do cool stuff like this guy in your 80's and beyond.

06/17/2016

MAT in the CLE sports scene!

Everyone can benefit from being proactive about addressing their muscular health with MAT; athletes, weekend warriors, general fitness enthusiasts, runners, weight lifters, CrossFitters, and more.

Outfielder Rajai Davis came off the Tribe's just completed 10-day trip ranked second in the American League with 17 steals. The Indians overall were second in steals in the AL as well.

06/17/2016

Best city in all the land.

09/16/2010

In Denver for the MAT Foot Function Course...yeaahh buddy!!!

07/18/2010

We're proud of Kate Rawlings for making it to Cali to compete in this weekends CrossFit Games. Out of 50 competitors shed places 29th...an amazing job for her first time there. She put in an outstanding effort and she looked like she had fun at the same time.

06/30/2010

My client Kate is only a few weeks away from competing at the Crossfit Games in California.

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04/16/2010

Here is the story of how MAT came to be from the founder Greg Roskopf.
Principles
of MAT, why and how it is now the go to modality for anyone looking to
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Greg Roskopf was an athlete who found himself constantly falling prey to injury. Rather than continuing exercises that seemed only to exacerbate the problem, he took a different approach to recovery with Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT). ...

02/17/2010

Integrity...when we think of our fitness programs do we think how the result of our exercise experience affects the integrity of our bodies? The integrity of our muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, etc... The goal of exercise should be to get results with not impairing to some degree both our orthopedic and neuromuscular integrity. The question then is how do evaluate for that during our training programs? .

10/11/2009

Did you see an improvement in his mobility from the first video?

Being aware of our personal limitation in mobility and using MAT and following up with Strategic Resistance Training exercises to restore what we have lost is the key to healthy and effective exercise and movement and thus a better quality of life.

10/11/2009

Everday we all squat up and down, it's something we call a functional movement, meaning it's a movement we do in the gym that we all also do in everyday life. As a MAT Specialist I'm interested in how well do you squat, how much range of motion do you have, what is the quality of your mobility (is it stable and under control) and how symmetricaly do your legs and trunk move as you move up and down.

Watch to see how low Nick can squat and compare it to the next video, can you see an improvement?

09/26/2009

What do the NY Giants, Denver Broncos, Utah Jazz, Chicago Cubs, Indianapolis Colts, LPGA champion Beth Daniels, and Olympic Snow Boarding Gold Medalist Shawn White have in common? They, along with numerous other professional athletes, all work with Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) Specialists as part of their routine training.

09/21/2009

Not sure what MAT is? Check out my spot on channel 3's Good Company from last June.

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