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Today, I discovered a new and extremely painful way get really deep into my calf muscles with my foam roller, and it occured to me that we have no central thread for collating all the different cycling related foam roller positions and moves.
So here it is.
Post the various ways you use your foam roller for cycling related stuff, and let's get a knowledge bank going which people can dip into as they please.
Me first then;
Calves
A really good way to do your calves, and the back of your lower legs in general, is to kneel down on the floor, put the foam roller behind your thighs, across your calves, and just sit down on it.
Use your hands to micro-adjust the exact point it hits your calves at.
This is a good one for a number of reasons;
-Your whole upper body weight can be used to put mega pressure on the roller and really dig it in hard to your calves.
-You can just sit there gritting your teeth for 2 minutes and you are pretty much done. No actual rolling around, apart from adjusting the position slightly
-If you do it on one leg, you can get even harder into the muscle.
Etc.
Give it a try. I was surprised just how tight my calves were. Pretty much spent 2 minutes agony-gurning.
So here it is.
Post the various ways you use your foam roller for cycling related stuff, and let's get a knowledge bank going which people can dip into as they please.
Me first then;
Calves
A really good way to do your calves, and the back of your lower legs in general, is to kneel down on the floor, put the foam roller behind your thighs, across your calves, and just sit down on it.
Use your hands to micro-adjust the exact point it hits your calves at.
This is a good one for a number of reasons;
-Your whole upper body weight can be used to put mega pressure on the roller and really dig it in hard to your calves.
-You can just sit there gritting your teeth for 2 minutes and you are pretty much done. No actual rolling around, apart from adjusting the position slightly
-If you do it on one leg, you can get even harder into the muscle.
Etc.
Give it a try. I was surprised just how tight my calves were. Pretty much spent 2 minutes agony-gurning.
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