Looking to get into it and make it a habit. What foam roller did you buy?
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Thread: foam rolling
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11-11-2012, 09:55 PM #1
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11-12-2012, 09:14 AM #11
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When you start out a foam roller is enough, but soon enough it isn't hard enough and that is when a harder roll (like a pvc pipe) shines over a foam rolller.
If you actually get a pvc, roll very carefully until you get used to it."Do not subordinate fundamental principles to minor details."
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11-12-2012, 09:45 AM #12
If I remember right, the black foam rollers are usually denser than the white. I use 3 different rollers. A long, black for shoulder stretches and gentle warm up rolling, the bare PVC pipe for shoulder and back knots, and then only thing I have found to work on my painful hams/ adductors is the rumble roller. I have the extra dense one and everyone else seems to hate it (the thing is like a weapon) but if you have any area not responding to regular rolling, that does the trick. HTH.
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I have a high-density black roller that my S&C coach buddy gave me, then three sections of pvc pipe (4", 6", and 8"). I can really hit those sensitive areas with the black roller and then get good muscle penetration on various muscle groups with the different sections of pvc. I also have a pretty cheap spiky hand roller that I use once in a while for my hams/groin and other hard to reach areas.
One thing I would recommend is starting with a softer roller and then picking up pvc later. It's great to have options, especially when you forget to roll for a couple weeks and will probably die on anything hard.Excuses are just tools of incompetence
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11-12-2012, 01:56 PM #16
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11-12-2012, 08:25 PM #17
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11-12-2012, 09:41 PM #18
PVC sounds like a winner to me. I've been through several foam rollers prolly spent $60 altogether and they just wear out.
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11-13-2012, 07:06 AM #19
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11-13-2012, 09:53 AM #21
I use a bare 5" PVC pipe when I need the pain. If I need to back off slightly I fill an empty 2ltr bottle to the top with water and that takes the edge off. It won't deform much since it is an incompressible fluid.
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11-13-2012, 10:02 AM #22
Start with something semi firm and then upgrade to more firm and eventually knobby type or as mentioned above hard PVC pipe.
Dont start with something that will be pure torture.
Get use to one then advance.
Foam rolling is a great self massage tool when you dont have the money to get a massage.
Be faithful to it like your workouts and you will feel much better.
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