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A big foam rolling pin. It can't be that complicated surely. Should I just buy the cheapest. Or do you get what you pay for?
I got a cheap one, seems to do the job.
myprotein do a decent one
2 litre fizzy juice bottle. Drink all the Irn-Bru* from it, fill with water, job done.
*assuming Scotland
The cheap one's go soft or start to disintegrate. The high-density foam one's last a lot longer.
Sports direct do one for a bout a fiver. Money well spent i reckon
for my IT band i use a 2lt plastic coke bottle ....
Sports direct do one for a bout a fiver. Money well spent i reckon
Since there's a Sports Direct round the corner from work I might check that out. Can't go wrong for a fiver!
Cheap Decathlon one is getting noticeably deformed after 3 months use. No idea how long it will last compared to a pricey one though.
By contrast, my Triggerpoint looks like new and was used a lot for the first six months. Now it;s just for a recovery massage. It is a great piece of kit.
Ged the widest one you can. A great buy, I've just had a post squats session on mine and I know because of that I'll feel better tomorrow.
Argos do 1 for £10
FIT66 eBay, £20ish when I bought mine a couple of years ago. Drinks bottles nowhere near hard enough for my ITB.
A good guide for when you've got one - cycling specific
http://www.bicycling.com/training-nutrition/injury-prevention/roll-out-kinks
A water bottle just isn't firm enough to do the job and cheap foam doesn't last as others have said.
I use a [url= http://www.physiosupplies.com/physiotherapy/foam-rollers/66fit-epp-foam-roller-black-15cm-x-45cm-dvd.html ]45cm foam roller[/url] from PhysioSupplies- well worth the extra few pennies.
Cheap ones do go soft very quickly and there is definitely an upper limit on technology in a foam roller.
As suggested above, one of the Fit 66 ones from ebay/amazon are a good compromise.
Or if you're feeling evil a [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004INOO8Y/?tag=hydra0b-21&hvadid=9550947549&ref=asc_df_B004INOO8Y ]Rumble Roller[/url]
Just happened to click buy on one of those ^ on Amazon about 2 mins ago, so glad to hear they are good. You can get the orange one for £32 with free delivery at the moment.
I've had it for over a year now, and the foam is still just as good as when i bought it.
I made mine!
Had some 5" underground soil pipe left over from a job, cut it to about 24" long. Wrapped in a single layer of foam sleeping mat fastened with a bit of gaffer tape.
Works perfectly. Was hard when I first started, but it really works as I can do 4 or 5 times more "rolls" now than I could 6 months ago.
I just used an old rug rolled into a tube.
I just used some old seagull beaks wrapped in crepe paper.
That rumble roller does look evil.
