Foam/PVC rolling, massaging, adjustments, stretching, mobility exercises… These are all fantastic ways to treat your body after/prior to a grueling workout. Stretching helps get blood to our sore spots with more blood flow we expedite the process of recovery. There are times when stretching is not sufficient, because our fascia is so tight. Fascia is connective tissue that encloses our muscles. Self Myofascial Release (pvc/foam rolling/manual release) is used help to stretch the fascia that encloses the muscle, thus helping you to stretch the muscle even more. If you want quick recovery it is beneficial to do both stretching and fascia release.
I’ll lump ice baths in this group for recovery. Ice baths help create a vacuum for blood to leave the muscle when in the water and return with a vengeance (of healing) once out of the bath, this is like big time recovery. I won’t go into this too much Dallas and Melissa have done a great job of explaining the how and why on their website. So, I’ll leave it at that. If you are super serious into recovering, ice bath would be the big leagues. Enjoy!
These type of recovery methods are simple, so I will keep it simple. Not much thought needs to go into these things. Come to the gym early or leave a little later and roll out/stretch! They are most effective if you know the areas that need treatment, but there is always room for exploring. Sometimes we don’t even realize we are sore until we jam a lacrosse ball into our traps. A good thing to do is to spend a little time each day working over your body.
Recovery Area
***Schedule Update:
We will be closed July 4th and will open back up July 5th. Have a great Holiday Weekend!
Workout:
Super Set the Below for 5 Rounds-
6 Wt Pull Ups/Strict Pull Ups/Negatives
4 TGU
Rest 2 min
Then,
500m Row (Sprint)
Then,
Prone swiss ball rotations (hands on floor) 3×10
