If you’re sore from a workout and looking for a productive way to spend your rest day, consider spending some time with your foam roller. Foam rolling is an excellent way to speed up recovery since it ...

Foam rollers — those colorful cylinders often tucked into the corners of fitness facilities or home gyms — are used for self– myofascial release, which is essentially a form of self-massage. The ...

All sorts of fitness buffs have taken to using foam rollers on backs and arms and legs, but it’s often a no-pain, no-gain venture. That made no sense to the developer of a gentler way to self-massage ...

Start in plank position with hands centered under chest (not shoulders) on foam roller. Once you have balance, float 1 arm up and out to side without twisting hips or falling sideways. The closer you ...

Foam rolling has been a revolutionary method for self-massage, but is it something we all need? Though the science is mixed in its benefits/lack of benefits to human performance (strength, speed, ...

Your lower back aches after another long day at the laptop, and the idea of yet another appointment feels exhausting. A simple cylinder of foam sits in ...

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The deeper you get into your workout routine, the more you reap the rewards — and ahem — the aches and pains, especially if you lean toward a more strenuous approach to exercise — say with running, ...

Never use a foam roller all over the body. In fact, you should limit your rolling to the soft tissues of the body with a focus on the muscles. Here is an email from a reader who hurt something while ...

My 2025 running resolution is to stretch more. Forget 5K or half-marathon PRs. It’s high time to take pre- and post-run prep seriously. And maybe, hopefully, these will also lead to some PRs. But ...

Foam rollers are having a major moment. Once relegated to physical therapy offices, they're now found in most gyms and are even used in group exercise classes. There's a reason for this, says Holly ...

Foam rollers are a simple and affordable way to enhance your workouts. Though most just use them as a tool for post-workout recovery, foam rollers can also be extremely useful during warm-ups. Rolling ...