[vicek22]

> they’re a waste of time compared to a massage gun

I've never heard of massage gun till today. Is there a specific recovery routine you follow or should I do my research on internet? E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvXwAR2e0Vo

[rcarr]

Nah nothing specific, I just use it on whatever muscles I know I’ve worked out or anything that is sore the next day. You can pick them up cheap on Amazon, there’s not much benefit to buying one of the name brand ones that I can see. Although I do have a Thumper Sport which is great because the long handle makes it easy to reach anywhere and it is a bit more powerful than the battery powered ones.

If you do want a daily protocol, there’s an app called GoWod which gives you a daily massage gun protocol as well as a daily stretching protocol. If I wasn’t using down dog I would be using that app as it’s really good. It makes you do a mobility test every month or so and identifies your weaknesses and will give you a daily protocol for that and then you can also stick in what exercises you’ve done that day and it will give you another protocol and the massage gun protocol. For me, I ended up sticking with down dog because I know what my flexibility weaknesses are (hamstrings, quads), I found down dog more interesting with more variety, and I generally just use the massage gun when needed when I’m sore.