Foam Roller Exercises for Your Hip Adductor Muscles (Groin Muscles of the Inner Thigh)
Foam roller exercises for the groin muscles will increase your understanding of the body-mind affiliation and how well you're holding it all together! The adductor muscles of the hip are the muscles that are within your thighs. They are more commonly called the groin...
How to Tell If You Had A Good Workout
Many people who embark on a fitness program think the same way a drill sergeant does on the day he welcomes his trainees - soreness and difficulty in moving after a session is good. However, in the absence of adequate rest in the form of sleeping early, good meals and...
Foam Roller Exercises for Your Upper Arms – Biceps and Triceps
Self myofascial release through foam roller exercises will enhance your body-mind connection! When you foam roll your muscles, you perform self myofascial release. Concentrate on the hot spots and muscle knots, or the areas that are sore. As you foam roll focus on the...
Complementing Your Weight Lifting Routine
A complete fitness program does not only consist of going to the gym three times a day to lift weights. While that would work for those looking to dramatically increase their muscle mass or strength output, just lifting weights neglects other aspects of fitness like...
Foam Roller Exercises for Your Trapezius Muscles
Foam roller exercises will be a form of body-mind-soul exercises, as I have mentioned throughout my foam rolling pages. Foam rolling the trapezius muscle isn't any exception. The trapezius muscles at the top of your shoulders, are one of the most too used and...
How the Body Adapts to Exercise
The body is an amazing machine. It can process many different kinds of food for fuel. It can recover from almost any sickness that does not overcome its ability to recover. And you can shape it to match whatever vision you have for it in your mind. You want to be...
Foam Roller Exercises for Your Pectoral Muscles that focus on Chest Opening
Foam roller exercises for the pectoral muscles will assist you with tight chest muscles. The chest is the guardian of your heart. Chest opening will open your heart and convey you healing of the body-mind-soul! The pectoral muscles are the big muscles of the chest...
Foam Roller Exercises for Your Iliotibial Band (IT Band) and Tensor Fasciae Latae (TFL) Muscles
The Iliotibial band isn't a muscle however a fibrinous band. It is on the surface of the thigh from the top of the iliac crest (hip bone), down the side of the thigh and attaches to the outside of the tibia (shin), just under the knee. The Iliotibial band helps keeps...
How to Really Lose Weight
Fat loss is one of the most common goals people set when they start training. They want to lose weight because their doctor or their spouse told them they need to. Usually, they start off very eagerly - they get on the treadmill or stationary bike for hours on end,...
Foam Roller Exercises for Your Iliopsoas Muscle (Hip Flexors)
The foam roller exercises that I will focus on during this article involves the iliopsoas muscle complex. It's indeed a complex group of muscles that are typically known as the "hip flexors." The iliopsoas muscle is the muscle that bends the hip, by lifting up the...