What is a lacrosse ball? How does it work? When someone gives you a deep tissue massage,they use their palms/fingers/elbows to apply pressure to help relax tight muscles and make you feel better. A lacrosse ball is a fairly tough, dense ball approximately the size of a tennis ball that helps mimic this deep release massage with your own bodyweight. The best piece is that you could go to town on your glutes and hamstrings in a way that not even many massage-therapists will because of how intimate that area is. (When was the final time someone FIRMLY massaged your ASS? just?) So thats why I have one, and to acquire free ass massages,haha. (No but seriously, it's grand for the whole body.) Lacrosse Ball Video Here is the video I made for it. But I know not everyone wants to watch a 6-minute video, and although I tried to make it concise,so I made looping GIF's with my doggie to help save redditors precious time. Lacrosse Ball GIFs Gluteus Maximus Piriformis Hamstrings (sit on tough surface and place under thigh) Feet / Plantar Fascia (hold onto something for balance) Upper Back (Traps) Triceps/Brachialis Triceps alternative style (tack ball and straighten/bend elbow) Gluteus Medius (Static, just chill over it) Lacrosse Ball Alternatives If you don't have a lacrosse ball, or you could use a tennis ball,baseball, softball, or billiard ball,cricket ball, floor hockey ball, and golf ball as alternatives. They don't work as well as the lacrosse one in some cases,but it's better than nothing and sometimes it may even be better! Foam roller? approximately a year ago I made a similar post showing how I use a foam roller with a video+GIFs to tackle very large areas of the body. A foam roller in combination with a lacrosse ball, is my peanut butter and jelly. submitted by Antranik to Fitness[link][400 comments]
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