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MOB 5

Foam Roll & Self Massage

  • Spend 2-5 minutes on each area, taking your time moving around, searching for tender points.

  • Be sure to breathe throughout the duration. If you hold your breath, you will increase tension, never allowing the muscles to relax enough so you can get deep into the fibers.

  • There may be areas that are really tender so roll them slowly and use the appropriate density massage tool.

  • Follow up the massage session with the stretches & mobility work provided below. This ensures the best chance of restoring the proper length tension relationship.

  • Video tutorials are included below workout. To learn more about foam rolling and self massage, click here.

  • You can use a Theragun or similar in place of foam rollers and balls.

(1) Massage Gluteals - 2-5 minutes each side with 5 inch ball.

(2) Massage Quadriceps - 2-5 minutes each side using a dense foam roller or quad baller.

(3) Foam Roll TFL with dense foam roller - 2-5 minutes each side - Take your time finding the area, tilt slightly forward and back to massage the area.

(4) Latissimus area - 2-5 minutes each side - Tilt forward and back, slide up and down, searching for tender areas. Move up into the tricep area as well.

Stretching & Mobility

(1) T-Spine Rotation with Rib Grab - 6-8 repetitions each side with 1-2 breaths at each reps end point.

(2) Trunk Stability Rotation Knees Flexed - 6-8 reps each side hold each for 3 seconds.

(3) Quadricep Side Lying Active Stretch - 6-8 reps each side hold each for 3 seconds.

(4) Tall Kneeling KB Halo - 6-8 reps each side, breathe.

(5) Half Kneeling Hip Flexor Overhead Stretch - 6-8 repetitions each side with 1-2 breaths at end point.

(6) Rolling with Knee Touch - 6-8 repetitions each side.

(7) 90/90 Hip Stretch - 6-8 reps each side hold each for 3 seconds.

(8) Brettzel - 4-6 repetitions each side with 1-2 breaths at each reps end point.