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Foam Roller Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Stretching, Strengthening and Rehabilitative Techniques
by Karl Knopf
Published
January 15, 2019
Pages
123 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Ulysses Press
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$1.99
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$15.95
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About This Book
Master the incredible versatility of the foam roller with this full-color, step-by-step guide to end pain, regain range of motion, and prevent injury. With this helpful full-color guide, you can learn how to use your foam roller to remediate muscle strain caused by everything from sitting long hours at your desk to overdoing it at the gym. In addition, special programs will enhance your sporting life, whether you hit the track, the court or the slopes.
Designed to improve your posture, balance and muscle tone, each exercise is carefully explained and includes step-by-step color photos to guarantee you do it right and gain the maximum benefits, including: Increase Flexibility Release Tension Alleviate Chronic Pain Rehabilitate Injury Improve Core Strength Break Up Knots
Introduction
Empower your physical fitness journey with the Foam Roller Workbook, a comprehensive guide dedicated to the versatile foam roller. Whether you're an athlete, rehab patient, or fitness enthusiast, this book offers tailored exercises designed to help you achieve optimal results. Focused on stretching, strengthening, and rehabilitation, it provides a flexible and adaptable approach to enhancing your overall physical well-being while addressing common body aches with precision and care.
Key Takeaways
Discover guided foam roller exercises for personalized fitness goals enhancing flexibility and reducing muscle pain. Boost recovery through targeted techniques perfect for athletes and everyday users alike. Accessible and expertly structured it caters to beginners and experienced individuals for comprehensive body care.
Detailed Description
The Foam Roller Workbook serves as an essential companion for those seeking to improve their physical health through accessible methods. Each section of the book delves into the multifaceted uses of foam rollers elucidating on techniques that enhance flexibility and muscle recovery. With user-friendly guidance the book demystifies this effective yet often overlooked tool making it ideal for individuals of varying fitness levels.
Each exercise is meticulously outlined ensuring readers can perform movements with precision and confidence minimizing risks of injury and maximizing benefits. It presents an insightful journey into the world of foam rolling offering not only physical wellness benefits but also insights into how such practices can complement broader fitness routines. Furthermore the book emphasizes the rehabilitation aspect providing techniques that assist in injury recovery promoting healing and strengthening muscles with appropriate care.
In addition to detailed exercises it also educates readers about the underlying muscle mechanics enhancing understanding of the body's responses to different foam rolling techniques. This ensures a holistic approach to fitness and rehabilitation marrying theory with practice seamlessly. As you traverse each chapter you're not just engaging in physical exercises but also cultivating a deeper understanding of your body's capabilities and potential.
Standout Features
One key aspect of Foam Roller Workbook is its balanced approach combining stretching strengthening and rehabilitation techniques into a unified comprehensive guide catering to diverse fitness needs Its clear step-by-step instructions paired with expert insights make complex techniques accessible to individuals with varying levels of experience from novices to seasoned athletes Additionally the book's emphasis on understanding muscle mechanics enhances its practicality encouraging informed and effective application of foam roller exercises in everyday fitness routines.
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Customer Reviews
Easy and simple to follow
Easy to follow
Good book exercises etc.
Good pictures and notes
Great Addition To Knowledge Library
A great, concise manual with full color pictures and detailed descriptions of the exercises.
Meh. sort of a useless book.
The roller massages are self evident without the book — use the roller on the muscles you want to work on. The exercises are pretty basic but incorporate the roller somehow. Often seem to not add much to the exercise. Has decent descriptions and ok pictures. An ok book but not super useful.
So well-designed for a variety of sports
I was really impressed with this book because it was clearly designed with a variety of physical concerns in mind. It starts out with with series of guides for each type of exercise or pain you might need to recover from and directs you with page numbers to each individual stretch. This means that instead of randomly rolling around on a roller like I used to to, trying to guess what needed stretching, I can actually get some relief. I'm stretching things I didn't realize I even had. As a result, I don't have to wait two-three days between workouts just to stop hurting. I'm really grateful my friend recommended this book to me.
This book would be great for anyone.
This is a beautifully done book. The graphics are excellent. There are 200 color photographs. Each exercise has clear, well illustrated instructions. This book is foam roller workouts, however in a couple of exercises, a exercise ball and elastic bands are also used. There are 65 pages of exercises. All are easy to do. It is just a matter of doing them. My favorite part of this book is the Author explains exercises needed to do certain activities. For example, baseball/softball. There are 12 exercises that help you get into shape to play. Pages for each exercise is given. Other activities are general fitness, proper posture, hamstring flexibility, shoulder flexibility, and 7 sports. This book would be great for anyone.
Good pics- stretch and strengthening exercises
I've been staring at these foam rollers that they sell at my local-I-go-here-always TJ maxx and Marshalls. They were calling to me that it needed to be explored. But before I invested in yet another piece of exercise I don't use, I thought I'd figure it out. The book has a lot of step by step pictures and explanations of why you would do each thing (this is to stretch your xyz, etc.). I was surprised to see some actual exercises for muscle gain- I genuinely thought you just used the foam roller to stretch. Apparently its used a lot in physical therapy. Anyway, I am going to gift this to my mom, she's getting older and there are a lot of floor exercises so I don't have to worry about her falling.
Easy to follow!
Even if this book had nothing else going for it, it would be worth it for the sheer number of exercises alone. Happily, it has that going for it, and more. A thorough, yet concise, history and benefits of foam rolling begins this workbook, laying the foundations for the steps to follow. A good portion of this book is devoted to telling you how to safely practice foam rolling, what roller to choose, and how to ensure that you're getting the most out of it. In terms of the actual exercises, I'm a huge fan of how the book is laid out. They are divided based on what problem you're trying to take care of (like posture) or what activity you are using these for (such as basketball). Each stretch itself is broken down, step-by-step, with high quality photos illustrating the posture you should be in. The goal of the stretch is also given, along with different variations. Overall, an easy to follow guide for both newbies and long time practitioners.
