If you’re trying to improve your wellness and wellbeing through weight loss and increased fitness, you’re probably willing to try anything. In that case, have you thought of trying a foam roller? These clever devices have been proved to help speed up your recovery from aching muscles, enabling you to work out more often and with better intensity.
There are various different exercises that you can do using a foam roller, and each one only takes a few minutes.
To do one of the most basic moves, sit on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you, and your hands on the floor behind you. Support your weight on your hands, and ensure that the foam roller is underneath your calves. Slowly roll the foam device along the back of your legs, working up and down from your knees to your ankles.
Next, sit with your right leg on top of the roller. Bend your left leg at the knee and cross your left angle over your right. Place your hands on the floor behind you. Now move so that the roller gently massages you from your knee right up to your bum. When you have done this a few times, switch legs and do exactly the same on the other side.
For a more intensive post-workout roll, lie face down on the floor and put the roller underneath your hips. Put your weight on your right leg and roll the roller up and down from your knee to your hip. Then, switch legs and do the same on the other side.
Finally, sit on the floor next to a wall and put the foam roller behind your lower back. Keeping your abs tight, bend your knees and move the roller up and down your back.