Workout tips: A better range of motion can help you reap more benefits from exercise
Highlights
- Foam rolling can improve flexibility
- It can improve range of motion
- It can aid recovery and reduce tightness in muscles
Sore muscles after a workout can sometimes be a huge demotivating factors. Overtraining or training some of your muscles for the first time ever can be reasons why you get sore muscles. The pain can sometimes be mild and sometimes excruciating, and hence it is important that you do a few post-workout recovery exercises. Recovery routine usually includes a few stretching exercises, along with some exercises that can be done with a foam roller or resistance band. Sweat trainer Kayla Itsines recently took to Instagram to share a few exercises that can be done with a foam roller, and also why you need to have it with you.
Workout tips: Reasons you should use a foam roller
A foam roller can be used before and after your workout. Before a workout it can help in warming up your muscles in case you're feeling stiff. According to Itsines, using a foam roller can avail you with several benefits like increasing blood flow to your muscles. This helps in better circulation of oxygen during your workout.
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Other benefits of using the foam roller:
1. It can help in relieving muscle tension, especially after a hard, intense workout.
2. It can help in increasing your range of motion. Foam rolling involves exercises that can help in stretching out and lengthening your muscles. A better range of motion can help you reap more benefits from exercise.
3. Regular foam rolling can effectively reduce recovery time. It aids muscle repair so that you don't feel sore after a workout.
Here are a few simple moves that you can do with a foam roller. They can help in making your muscles feel less tight or achey, says Itsines.
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Foam Rolling Beginner Workout:
- Calves - 60 sec (30 per side)
- Hamstrings - 60 sec (30 per side)
- Glutes - 60 sec (30 per side)
- Quads - 60 sec (30 per side)
- TFL - 60 sec (30 per side)
- Lats - 60 sec (30 per side)
- Rhomboids (Thoracic) - 30 sec
Complete this once through. Watch the video below to see how each move is done. If your muscles feel unusually tight today, try this workout.
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