Inflict sweet pain on yourself and work your soft tissue: use a foam roller. I personally use a small one as I have to travel with it and I live in a tiny co-op with my family. I think that a long roller is easier to use though.

I find the roller to be the next best thing to deep tissue massage and much cheaper (though no substitute!).

How do you use it? Well, Eric Cressey (strength&conditioning genius) has a great video up on youtube. I will simply link to it as I haven't figured out how to embed video yet (someone help!).

 
 

I now have training privileges at Spartacus Athletics which is located at Commercial Drive and Grant in East Vancouver.

The staff there are great and they make the gym an easy place to work out of. I should mention that membership rates are downright decent!

See you there.

Also, check out the new Terminal City Training group on Facebook and show your support. 

 
 

Hey Terminalistes, Terminalistas, and assorted readers!

I want to make this site interesting and useful to you.

So tell me what you want and I'll try and bring it!

Email me:  terminalcitytraining@gmail.com

Now, whether you are laying on your back in mud doing some foul calisthenics or recovering between heavy sets of deadlifts, kick it!

And be glad you're doing what you're doing.

One more thing: if you dig old school strongmen and old school methods then do yourself a favour and check out the Sandow Plus site. Apart from an awesome collection of old photos the site contains scans of many vintage texts written by the Golden Age heroes of strength. I can't wait until the day when I have time to really dig into them.

 
 

For those who need the skilled hands of an RMT for injury prevention or rehabilitation, or if you just dig the pain of deep tissue work, you might want to check out Andrew McCully RMT.

His studio is located off Commercial Drive at Grant.

604.255.9945

www.andrewmccully.com