Foam Rolling your ARMS!
So I just shot a pretty cool new video on foam rolling your arms with an Eleiko bar…using my brand-new iPhone 5, and I thought why not post it here with a few short lines.
Well I say pretty cool: the HD picture quality needs to get better still, but I guess it’s OK as a first attempt…
Foam rolling with an Olympic lifting bar? That’s right! As you can see in the video, we place the bar at the right height for arms and lats and away we roll: the Eleiko bars move nice and smooth on beautiful ball bearings, thus making a great “foam roller” tool.
Most folks that even do any foam roller exercises at all kinda use it on the lower body only. I’m a-thinkin’ that’s because they don’t rightly know how to do the upper.
It makes me Happy and Relaxed…what’s wrong with that?!
So I decided to do a little series where I show off stuff like the Eleiko bar for arms (and also hamstrings and all the rest of the lower body, really: in a video coming up soon, it’s already done…).
And I will put up my foam roller shoulder protocol next, for my good friend and awesome trainer Sõl Perry from over Kentucky way.
His shoulder is sore, and I just wish he were up here on top of the world because I’m just DEFINITE I could help him out right quick with that.
But in the meantime, the foam rolling protocol will have to do.
Actually, it’s quite awesome for both prehab and rehab, and helps a LOT more than you’d expect.
Foam rolling is awesome stuff: I tell all my athletes they should do it: as a part of the warm up, after training, really at any time at all.If you have a pain somewhere, I’d use it as often as three times/day and up to 6 days/week.
It’s very effective for performance enhancement as well.
But hey! I said a short few lines…I’m just rambling here.
(in the meantime my PC drives me mad! A Mac it is from here on out, I tell ya!)
Yeah foam rolling: if you don’t already do it, and I mean regular, you should give this a go: it’s an awesome form of myofascial release for long term health and performance.
Have a good one y’all.
Mark
P.S.
Here’s the hamstrings video now!
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Awesome!
Thanks so much for making this series Mark, I must admit I never thought of using a bar to Roll!!
I mean, it never even crossed my mind and I have NEVER seen anyone else online or other wise mention it.
At studio today I am gonna give them a roll in your honor good sir! My triceps are good and sore too, this comes at the prefect time.
Look forward to the rest with bated breath!
Thanks again from across the pond my friend, will share this with my clients.
P.S. Dig the music, soon I make you some custom tracks with my new axe!!!
And hey, maybe I can send some tracks over (fiddle) and you might lay some down with that new iPhone, I show you how. Its easy, and welcome to the brotherhood of the apple!
All the best,
Sõl
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Heya Sõl, thanks man and always good to hear from ya! Makes me smile…
So you have your new axe…glad for you, must be totally awesome to get a great new toy like that, and it’s even better than expected! Yeah man new vids coming up son, your shoulder protocol is up next!
Mark
Very creative Mark! I’ve had a troublesome elbow which I’ve struggled to rehabilitate and this may just be what it needs. The squat rack at my gym adjusts to the perfect height and we have nice eleiko bars too.
Thanks again!
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Heya Bro, thanks for the comment!
Yeah I’d look at the triceps and the pronator teres first and foremost…
Like your niching btw, and that’s a valuable url, if I’m any judge. I’d definitely hold onto that!
Good Luck man,
Mark
Hey Mark,
This was such a cool video. It never occurred to me that you can use a barbell in substitution of a foam roller. Just a cool and useful tip and of course, for anyone who is on a budget this is extremely helpful.
-Sam
Heya Sam, thanks so much for the awesome feedback!
The video got a great response, yeah that’s very encouraging…
Thanks again Bro!
Mark