Foam Rolls

[DroppingPlates]

check the site "rogue fitness" europe

Thanks for the suggestion!

Just get some PVC pipe and lacrosse balls and you're g2g.

Isn't a PVC pipe too smooth for a good grip on the floor?
I've heard good things about lacrosse ball. I assume they're brutal.

[Grape Ape]

I've heard good things about lacrosse ball. I assume they're brutal.

Two tennis balls taped up together works pretty good.

[Krankenstein]

Cross fitters aren't smart enough to foam roll.

Maybe some aren't but at least they all meet the height requirements for the rides at Disney

[DroppingPlates]

Two tennis balls taped up together works pretty good.

Cheap solution, but in this case you're limited to two directions, you can't make spins.

[dr.chimps]

Two tennis balls taped up together works pretty good.

Yup. My sister, the PT, recommends the tennis balls. I've been good, so far.

[liberty]

Worth a try 

[DroppingPlates]

Worth a try 

They are!

[LurkerNoMore]

This :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rumble-Roller-Black-Full-Size-Sti-Extra-Firm-36-S1-/261379380307?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cdb6cd453

and this :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rumble-Roller-Beastie-Bar-w-Stands-2-X-Firm-Beastie-Balls-BRXT2-Massage-Stick-/390639814563?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5af3f287a3

Two best things you can have.  The beastie bar you just grab that sucker like a rolling pin and work it away up and down the thighs or hamstrings.  Awesome.

I once took a class for two months here when I was taking a break from weight training that incorporated a DDP Yoga style with foam rolling.  That class was great!!!  I wish that instructor had not moved (or at least they found a replacement).  I would sign up for it again.  Absolutely nothing easy about this class.

[Grape Ape]

This :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rumble-Roller-Black-Full-Size-Sti-Extra-Firm-36-S1-/261379380307?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cdb6cd453

and this :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rumble-Roller-Beastie-Bar-w-Stands-2-X-Firm-Beastie-Balls-BRXT2-Massage-Stick-/390639814563?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5af3f287a3

Two best things you can have.  The beastie bar you just grab that sucker like a rolling pin and work it away up and down the thighs or hamstrings.  Awesome.

I once took a class for two months here when I was taking a break from weight training that incorporated a DDP Yoga style with foam rolling.  That class was great!!!  I wish that instructor had not moved (or at least they found a replacement).  I would sign up for it again.  Absolutely nothing easy about this class.

If you had to pick one, which would you choose.  I'm guessing the roller and not the bar?

[Van_Bilderass]

Anyone try "fascial planing" which Parrillo advocates. I did it on my stretched thighs on monday and they are bruised like crazy. Used the beastie roller menntioned above to massage the stretched muscle.

This is "planing"

I don't know if it does anything, just thought I'd try it

[TEH boob]

Foam roller and "The Stick" are very good tools for any athlete's tool box.

Marathon stick? I prefer that over a foam roller many times over. That's what I have. It makes it easier to target different areas and you can use it on arms.

[crownshep]

Anyone try "fascial planing" which Parrillo advocates. I did it on my stretched thighs on monday and they are bruised like crazy. Used the beastie roller menntioned above to massage the stretched muscle.

This is "planing"

I don't know if it does anything, just thought I'd try it

When Franco Santoriello came over to compete in the uk in 89 he trained at our gym and told me about fascial planing,so i agreed to let him do it on my calves,he had me do a couple of sets of calve raises then he measured them ( he measured them before the workout) and then did the planing on 1 calf.The only reason he did 1 calf was because the pain was unbearable.I did 1 more set and the calf he planed was half inch bigger than the other.

[Van_Bilderass]

When Franco Santoriello came over to compete in the uk in 89 he trained at our gym and told me about fascial planing,so i agreed to let him do it on my calves,he had me do a couple of sets of calve raises then he measured them ( he measured them before the workout) and then did the planing on 1 calf.The only reason he did 1 calf was because the pain was unbearable.I did 1 more set and the calf he planed was half inch bigger than the other.

It hurt like hell even as we added almost zero pressure. Major bruising. 

[funk51]

Do any of you foam roll? Regularly?

  so painful

not sure about this crap, used a foam roll to loosen up a tight back, pissed blood for a month had to see a doctor. hadn't rolled since. coincidence? who knows??

[The True Adonis]

Waste of time.  I have never had one injury, not stiffness, tightness, nothing.

[Grape Ape]

not sure about this crap, used a foam roll to loosen up a tight back, pissed blood for a month had to see a doctor. hadn't rolled since. coincidence? who knows??

Any chance you used a cactus by mistake?

[The True Adonis]

not sure about this crap, used a foam roll to loosen up a tight back, pissed blood for a month had to see a doctor. hadn't rolled since. coincidence? who knows??

I don`t think you are supposed to put your penis in it, but I could be wrong.  People do a lot of homo things and I wouldn`t be surprised if "foam rolling" includes stimulating your genitals.

[Simple Simon]

Waste of time.  I have never had one injury, not stiffness, tightness, nothing.

That can happen if you dont try hard in the gym.

[Coach is Back!]

Foam rollers were too expensive for our teams for I bought 6"OD PVC pipe and cut them down to 12 and 18". Works great, inexpensive and they can carry them in their equipment or training bags and they never ware down.

[The True Adonis]

That can happen if you dont try hard in the gym.

You can`t lift more than me currently nor have you ever.  What is your deadlift?  Oh, its nonexistent because you are nothing but a box of broken parts.  Bench?  You probably don`t do that either.  You probably do leg extensions and call it a day.

Seriously do you think you are or ever have been stronger than me?

[BB]

Car buffer style, I'm a fan -

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Also if you can find one on the cheap, the Thumper equine massager -

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That was the best messager I've ever used.

[Big Chiro Flex]

That can happen if you dont try hard in the gym.

 

[LurkerNoMore]

If you had to pick one, which would you choose.  I'm guessing the roller and not the bar?

Well I have both, as both are used differently.  The roller you can use on more areas, but the bar you can use with more comfort and do one leg at a time and use it on the biceps and triceps easily.  Sometimes I just don't want to lay on the floor and instead sit on the couch watching tv massaging the legs down.

[Hulkotron]

Probably gets some blood flowing to the area which can be a good thing.

[Coach is Back!]

Waste of time.  I have never had one injury, not stiffness, tightness, nothing.

Well, we all know you know everything.