Setting The Foam Rolling Record Straight Ah, the rise of the roller! If you showed someone a foam roller in a gym 20 years ago, they'd give you a dumbfounded look and direct you to the free weights section of the gym where people actually train. Today? You'd be hard pressed to [...]
The Foam Roller Isn't Just For Traditional Self-Myofascial Release Just because you are using a foam roller as a tool doesn’t necessarily mean that movement should be considered a self-myofascial releases (SMR) technique. This may be hard for some of you overly touchy feely soft tissue zealots to conceptualize, but the foam [...]
There aren’t many injuries more debilitating than a knee injury. Trust me, I know from experience. In my mid-twenties I tore my ACL during a basketball game. Eight months of rehab got me back to full strength, but three years later I tore it again, this time while snowboarding. My second injury [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. If you are habitually stretching your hamstrings day after day with little flexibility to show for it, it's safe to say that stretching isn't working for you, so time to figure out something that actually produces results. 2. Not all "tight" hamstrings are the same, [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. When it comes to foam rolling, there are no absolutes no matter what the experts say. When intelligently programmed with goals in mind, foam rolling can be a highly effective tool for improving movement quality, performance and recovery. Just depends if you are using it correctly. [...]
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... 1. When it comes to advanced soft-tissue work, the foam roller and lacrosse ball just don't cut it. Quit wasting your valuable training time with minor results to show for your diligent daily work and start doing Hands-On Self Myofascial Release (SMR) Techniques 2. Hands-On Self Myofascial Release Techniques [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. On paper, an "off" day can mean a few different things to different people based on their idea of what an off day should entail! But if you place performance at a premium, active recovery should become routine. 2. For avid strength athletes who predominantly [...]
