This evening, I went to a session on injury prevention and foam rolling. It was hosted by the running store that I do my Tuesday/Thursday group runs at.
Foam rolling has recently been "all the rage" and has appeared on a lot of blogs and social networking sites. I have even picked up the demo foam roller following a group run to roll out some aches and pains, thinking that there must be something good about it if all these people keep talking about it.. While this rolling that I had done previously seemed to hurt so good, I OBVIOUSLY was not doing it correctly. The reason I say this is because the foam rolling techniques that I learned tonight caused a heck of a lot more discomfort. Just to be clear, this was a good discomfort.. The kind where you know your muscles are tight and it hurts, but in a way that you know will help in the long run. The most painful of all was a toss up between the calf roll and the quad roll. Holy moly were those muscles screaming for some attention. I have been doing yoga a lot recently as a cross training exercise, but I'm going to have to add some foam rolling into the equation. A lot of the exercises require you to use your own body weight to get a bit more out of the roll, so it is also somewhat of a workout.. Side planks galore for the hamstring exercises..
There was sweat dripping down my face.. Don't know if it was the discomfort or the side planks or a combination of both... But it was fantastic.
So much so, that I finally broke down and purchased my very own foam roller. Now, I have no excuse not to add some rolling to my daily schedule, which apparently is what gives you the most benefit or bang for your buck...
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