A FOAM ROLLER is a great tool to have at your disposal if you have sore or ‘tight’ muscles.
This cylindrical piece of compressed foam or cylindrical plastic tubing covered in foam has become very popular over the last few years.
So what exactly does foam rolling do?
Well, people started using foam rolling as a form of self myofascial release that aimed to mimic results they could get from their masseuse/physio.
Muscle tightness, adhesions/knots and trigger points build up after several bouts of exercise.
The goal of foam rolling is to remove these so optimal length/tension and pain free movement can be restored to the muscles.
Foam rolling can be painful at times, especially if you find a knot in your muscles. This is no different to a masseuse giving you a deep tissue massage and finding it painful!
So when is the best time to complete foam rolling? Well this is debated a lot within fitness circles.
We use foam rolling as part of our warm up process so it’s the first thing we do when we enter the gym.
We generally advise 30 – 60 seconds on each muscle group which would mean 5-10 minutes in total.
Foam rolling can also be completed on ‘off days’ to prepare you for future training sessions and reduce overall muscle soreness.
Have a look at our foam rolling masterclass video to get started today
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Arsneal are a spent force and wegner is not helping, I don’t belive for one second that if he had the money he would not spend it something is not right about the boardroom and stan kronke is the problem In my opinion
I agree with most of your comments except I wouldn’t write off Arsenal just yet. Though they have flattered to deceive in recent years they still have some quality players and a proven manager. I also question who really holds the purse strings at the Emirates. Benitez was mad to take the job at Chelsea, it will and does look foolish to take on a job where to get it to the chairmans liking will take patience and time. He wants a Barcelona style set up yet most of their players are from their academy, something that took years to achieve, he needs a settled manager and give them time. I was always a fan of Gibson when at United but he did in missing in games, but as he matures he could get better and better.
Thanks for the response Cathal. On the one hand I don’t want to be kneejerk in suggesting Wenger should go, but it’s hard to see how this cycle can be broken after do many years of gallant failure.
They’ll probably win the league now after all that!
*so many years
Arsenal have to make a good executive decision and get rid of Wenger. Living in the shadow of the Emirates and knowing many Arsenal fans, the feeling among supporters is that he can’t seem to take them any further as a manager. They were atrocious on Saturday.