Master Splash
July—Sept. 2009 Colorado Masters Swimming Association Long Course Open Water Triathlon Master Splash Maintenance 101: The Foam Roller As the meters and miles pile up during heavy summer training, English Channel Inside This Issue swimmer Joe Wolf shares some foam roller exercises to keep us healthy! Notes from the Chair . 2 Joe Wolf U.S. Masters Swimming . 3 Training & Technique . 5–6, 10 Let’s face it; they don’t call us masters for nothing. We’re a little older, or ah . than we used to be. We Open Water . 7 are masters of the morning pool swims, if we make them. Masters of the power-lunch intervals, if we can SC Nats Recap. 8 get there or of the after work laps . when we can Clinic Recap . 9 find a lane. Eventually, or even suddenly, our time in the water can take its toll if we don’t do a little main- Swim Briefs . 12 tenance. So what’s the best thing we can do besides eating right, stretching and hydrating? Massage! Meet/Race Info . 4, 7, 11, Massage is the best. Since that is not an option on a 13–16 & back cover day-to-day basis, there is something else we can do daily that will help stretch those muscles, break up any accumulating adhesions and help prevent The author demonstrates the lower back exercise on a foam roller injuries. Not only that, but this little item may just be your new winning advantage this season. That’s right. Simply, the foam roller. It’s easy, it’s cheap and no Here are a few foam roller exercises to keep appointment necessary — you can even watch T.V.
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