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Acupressure Mat Review

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Dmitry recently uploaded a video in which he uses an acupressure mat on his back and calves. Since I have never seen this thing used before I bit and bought me one for 15 bucks of amazon. Dmitry said about it, that: it acts as an irritant/stimulant, making the body pump hot blood, along with adrenaline, to […]

Weightlifting Scoop Podcast – Recovery

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On the latest Weightlifting Scoop Podcast Glenn Pendlay, Travis Cooper, James Tatum, and Tim Rawlings talk about their favorite recovery techniques. No miracles here. Eat well, prioritize sleep, live a stress free life and maybe get massages. Download: link to mp3 (22mb, right click + ‘save as’)

Spinal Decompression with Rubber Bands

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Here is something nice for your lower back after heavy deadlift days. Donnie Thompson demonstrates various back stretches using rubber bands. You don’t even need to be fully suspended. I sometimes attach a band to a pull up bar, wrap it around my lower back while I lay on the floor. Or, another way to […]

Mikhail Koklyaev Interview on Breaking Plateaus and Recovering from Inflamed Elbows

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Once again many thanks to reader Soiren. Just like he did with the Klokov & Akkaev in Camp Chekhov, the Checking in with Akkaev or the Russian’s Way to the Olympics videos, he took the time to translate some of this 60 minute Mikhail Koklyaev interview (video below). It is great to have people like […]

Study Says Ice Baths Do Not Work

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Did you see this report on ice baths last week? Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have found cold water immersion is no more and no less effective in helping an athlete recover after sport than light cool-down exercise. As for why previous studies showed signs of efficacy they speculate that: It might be that previous […]

Clint Darden on Rehabbing Back Pain

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Clint Darden shares some of his methods to relief back pain. muscle cream car polisher spinal decompression with band, check these rubber band stretching drills lean into a wall against lacrosse ball light Good Mornings homemade Reverse Hyper using a plank in a rack (band resisted) direct ab work, reverse band sit ups

Sleep Time Alarm Clock App

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iOS / Android: This may come in handy for all you who train in the morning. Sleep Time is an alarm clock app that monitors and analyzes your sleep cycles to wake you up in the lightest sleep phase, so you have a better morning training session. How it Works: You place your phone in […]

Stanford’s Cooling Glove for Recovery

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Stanford researchers have developed a vacuum cooling glove that rapidly cools body temperature, greatly improves exercise recovery, and could help explain why muscles get tired. Why a glove? There you have a special network of veins. These networks of veins, known as AVAs (arteriovenous anastomoses) seem exclusively devoted to rapid temperature management. They don’t supply […]