Roll Out...Did you get your Roll ON?

Dana Cavalea: Performance Training for Baseball

Time to get back to training! Hopefully you enjoyed last weeks talk about the MENTAL GAME, but this week its back to getting your body right!

If you don't own a foam roller, you need to buy one! This is the greatest tool for a self massage. As athletes, due to the repetitive patterns/movements/ and stresses of sport, your muscle tissue gets knotted up and can't slide and contract optimally. With this being said, if you can afford a bi-weekly, or weekly massage great, but for those that can't, you need to get on the roller. The roller is like a MUSCULAR ROLLING PIN, which will not only flush the tissue and promote blood flow for healing, but really works to release the tension that builds in the tissue.

At first the roller hurts, but when you get up from a good session you will feel relief, and your legs will feel extremely light, and they will have new life! This foam rolling is a part of regenerating the body, and for athletes could be done everyday, and for Coaches, it is a must do post game!

For more info. check out our Recovery DVD which breaks down foam rolling, and combines it with stretching techniques that will keep your muscle tissue at ideal lengths, and in ideal health!

Click here to see the RECOVERY DVD: http://www.mlstrength.com/store.php

Keep on Rolling!

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Dana Cavalea CSCS
Major League Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coach
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Dana Cavalea currently serves as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the New York Yankees. He has also spent time with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays. Dana is certified by the CSCS, NASM-PES and the USAW.