Foam rollers are the bomb diggy.
Get that bad boy on your IT band and listen to yourself scream.

I would recommend getting one of the ones with a plastic tube surrounded by foam rather than the purely foam ones.

They sell them in Sweatshop
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:31, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

You should also make sure you have a tennis ball.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:31, Reply)

www.tptherapy.com/The-GRID-Foam-Roller.html
or
www.physioroom.com/product/PhysioRoom.com_Grid_Roller_15cm_x_40cm/3385/39756.html
This is a generic one
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:34, Reply)

haha we linked to the same thing!
i thought a longer one, because i also lift dumbbells lying along it, innit
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:35, Reply)

Yeah, if you can afford it (stupid comment)

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:35, Reply)

i have some amazon vouchers that were a gift from a grateful client, innit!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:37, Reply)

I will buy you one if you shut the fuck up about it xx

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:44, Reply)

Fuck that, make her put her hand in her pocket for once, the tight fisted cunt.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:47, Reply)

its worth it to shut her up if but briefly

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:51, Reply)

I can think of a better way to shut her up.

Punch her really hard in the solar plexus. She won't be able to talk for at least 15 minutes.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:53, Reply)

too covered in boobs

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 17:06, Reply)

Stupid boobs.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 17:14, Reply)

Ballgag works better

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:53, Reply)

the grid is the one i want
this bad bitch:

www.tptherapy.com/Shop-Online/All-TPPT-Products/The-GRID-2-0-Foam-Roller.html

it's exactly like you said, hollow in the middle. i love foam rollering my back, it clicks and feels lovely, but it's fucking AGONY on the ITB and calf muscles. although i did read the other day that you shouldn't roll the ITB, just the bits around it...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:33, Reply)

You can roll the ITB as much as you like, it helps.
I had physio on mine and the woman was putting her whole body weight along it, I nearly shed a tear.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:35, Reply)

my right one is fine
the left one makes me weep. ditto any form of lunges or step-ups. the right side can take any weight; the left folds like a little bitch. my trainer saw the size of my handbag and said, "that's why." he tried to make me carry the bag on the other side for a bit, but i just can't. it would be like doing your shoelaces up the other way round, or wiping your arse with the wrong hand. WRONG.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:37, Reply)

Have you seen a physio?
I found my core muscles weren't doing anything for sideways movement of my pelvis, I had to do one legged squats looking in a mirror and concentrating on keeping my pelvis level all the way down and back up. It was worth it.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:38, Reply)

yep, had to see one when i joined my gym. as they always are, the physio was all doom and gloom
oh your hip is a fraction out of alignment, which has pulled your knee out, which has caused this to your ankle blah blah blah. I've been running and walking around this earth for many years without any pain, things can't be that bad!

i'm exaggerating a bit, i can still do the lunges etc, it's just harder on that side. but if anything hurt, i'd go like a shot. it's just not worth it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:41, Reply)

Trouble is, bodies a really good at compensating for problems so you don't even realise you have them.
One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other which has lead to my back being really, really tense on one side my whole life and it was only a few years ago when it suddenly went ping that I found this out and did something about it.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:43, Reply)

at least you found it
and you can watch out for it in your kid, i guess. it is annoying. it's the same with any kind of weights, left to itself your body will cheat and use the join instead of the muscle or whatever is easier. stupid bodies.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 16:44, Reply)

Lift very heavy and then everything has to work in conjunction, no slackers when you go heavy.
Although, to go heavy you need excellent flexibility. People do end up training problems rather than making themselves fitter - i.e. dysfunction over function.
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:00, Reply)