Foam rolling

Autumnfilly2005

I tried foam rolling, but I found that the body weight motions were too hard for me. Not only could I not support myself, but the pressure of my 200+lbs coming down on the roller was intensely painful, and not in a good way. Are there variations that don't involve having to support my body weight? Maybe rolling a dumbell handle on the muscle or something?

xcalygrl

You could get a muscle roller stick, like this: http://www.amazon.com/Massage-Fitness-Soreness-Recovery-Relaxtion/dp/B01CQ4OLKW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463060970&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=muscle+roller+stick&psc=1

Or you could use a broom/mop/wooden dowel to do the same thing.

canadianlbs

Autumnfilly2005 wrote: »

Maybe rolling a dumbell handle on the muscle or something?

just try it out for yourself to get the answer to that question. none of us is likely to know automatically whether it's right for you.

fwiw, i do a lot of stuff up against a wall with some kind of ball, for areas where gravity gives me some kind of problem.

SideSteel

The first question I would ask would be

Why are you foam rolling?


This isn't me saying that it's bad, but what are you attempting to accomplish from it?

Autumnfilly2005

I'd be foam rolling as part of a warm up, like the agile 8 series and similar routines.