STS 2.0 Foam Rolling Upper Body + Foam Rolling Lower Body

STS 2.0 Foam Rolling Upper Body + Foam Rolling Lower Body

Not really a workout. More like, Cathe is just showing us the way we can use the foam roller. She does introduce exercises and gives tips on how to use the foam roller and what to do during a particular exercise, but she tells you, she wants you to come back and concentrate on the muscle groups that are tight for your particular body. Everyone is different she says.

Foam Rolling Upper Body is approximately 20 minutes in length. In the upper body session, Cathe uses the foam roller as a prop or tool to assist with stretching in many of the exercises. Only the back and lat rolls are used to roll out tightness in the muscle.   Cathe introduces the following exercises:

1. Chest Expansion
2. Back Roll
3. Lat Roll
4. Side Reaching Side Bend
5. Thoracic Rotation
6. Side tilted saddle stretch
7. Posture Muscles /Arms
8. Prayer stretch upward arc
9. Thoracic Open Book

Foam Rolling Lower Body is approximately 14 minutes in length.  In the lower body session, you are using the foam roller directly on the muscles to workout the tightness.   Cathe introduces the following exercises.

1. Calves
2. Hamstrings
3. Quadriceps
4. IT Band
5. Inner Thigh
6. Glutes

I certainly appreciate Cathe including this type of workout. I am coming off a workout rotation where I went super heavy and I felt it. All kinds of tightness and in some cases pain to the point where I skipped the last workout in April of STS Squat Rack Legs. I took 5 days off from working out, had two massages and brought this DVD out to work out some of the tightness I was still feeling.  Next time I go heavy, I will incorporate foam rolling as part of my recovery routine.