Foam Roller Exercises for the Upper Body Foam rolling should be incorporated into: Your warm-ups, to stimulate blood flow and prepare your muscles to push themselves to the limit! Your cool-downs, to release permanently contracted knots in your muscle, and also boost supply of nutrients to the damaged muscle. We have taken the effort to compile…
Foam Roller Exercise for your Lower Body Heavy Leg Days! If you workout, foam roller exercises are a must. Heavyweight, maximal effort barbell squats is the #1 essential exercise in every fitness routine. In order to lift such a heavy weight, it recruits almost every muscle in your body. Among its benefits are: Stimulates the MOST…
NEW!: Downloadable infographic added – scroll straight to it. Trying to flatten your tummy, get rid of love handles, or even get six pack abs in the convenience of your home? You’ve come to the right place! Your foam roller isn’t just a tool for self-myofascial release, it can be used as a home training…
A few weeks back, a female friend of mine introduced me to a foam roller routine that gets rid of cellulite on the legs, and I thought I should share it with you guys! It looks relatively simple and relaxing to do and takes at most 20 minutes – if you are too busy for…
Everyone has experienced Delayed-onset Muscle Soreness (DoMS), but few know the causes or even what they are experiencing. So you have finished a great arm workout the day before with a superset that really squeezed every last bit you had to give from your body. Your arms were sore and burning as if the entire…
Remember back in gym class when your coach used to emphasize the importance of static stretching before and after exercise to prevent injury? Well the warm-up stretch has been shown to increase injury risk some time ago, and the cool-down stretch has just been debunked as the only thing you need after a workout. While…