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While this may be interpreted as an excuse for an undy pic, I wanted to address some questions I got regarding "flossing" a tweaked, or even an injured muscle to promote enhanced healing. My adductors have been in constant states of stress my entire training career, and certain movements or focuses can stress them out to the point it makes any hip/knee related movement, painful. However, applying a light wrap like these training ones tightly, high in the groin and then biking and doing a circuit of BW squats and cossack squats can seemingly minimize or even eliminate the pain, at least in the short term. @mad_scientist_duffin has been known to wear tight compression over the adductor even on his heaviest of lifts and you can uncover why exactly if you google the phrase "faster injury healing chris duffin" and watch the accompanying video. I won't bore you with the scientific details, as I'd be speaking close to outside of my grasp but I will tell you if you have a muscle that is tweaked or aching, first identify WHY it might be occurring in the movement and address it. THEN if the movement is solid, and you need to continue doing it for training purposes and simply need to strengthen those muscles or increase their endurance under load, consider this method of flossing. It may help you be out of pain or decrease inflammation or inhibition so that you can continue unimpeded and work to NOT NEED IT in the future. . . . And as a side note, 15 minutes moderate intensity on a stationary bike with blood flow restriction will leave you annihilated. If you try it out, report back for the lols. . . @scottmiller5 @kabuki_virtualcoaching @kabukistrengthlab @elitefts @brandon_senn @team_sibya @baconandbarbells.co @leviathannutrition @positionusa #TeamEliteFTS #STRONGTHESULLIVANWAY #kabukistrength #TeamKS #KSVirtualCoaching

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