Let’s face it… planks are boring. But they’re also effective, especially if you mix up how you’re using them. All too often athletes will get into a plank position, hold it for as long as they can, and call it good. That’s not the worst idea in the world, but your...
0%. Null. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. The September 2015 issue of Men’s Health proclaimed this is the amount of “measurable change in people’s strength when they lifted weights” while wearing kinesiology tape.[1] We’ve been telling people the same thing since the first...
Most people don’t think of strength training as a necessary part of being a better runner, but it is an important routine to get into for anyone putting miles on their shoes. The stigma against strength training for runners has always been twofold: first, that to be a...
It’s no secret that sitting is bad for your health. The problem is that, at least here in the USA, a lot of everyday work and life is centered on putting your butt in a chair and leaving it there for most of the day. While it’s easy to write an article about why we...
Like just about every other topic that relates to your health, you’ll find two kinds of articles on foam rolling: those that say it’s awesome and the others that say it sucks. Really helpful, huh? At RockTape, we’re big fans of foam rolling and that’s why we made the...
