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How to Live a Healthy Lifestyle: 12 Simple Tips | BLACKROLL
If you want to live a healthy lifestyle, you don’t need to turn your whole life upside down. It’s not radical changes that make a lasting difference, but the small choices you make every single day. Another glass of water. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Going to bed a few minutes earlier. Healthy habits are often easier to integrate into your daily routine than you might think—once you know what really matters. In this article, you’ll learn how to start with the four essential pillars of how to... Read more...
Stress – what exactly is it?
Stress – what exactly is it?
"I'm stressed" – a phrase that a great many people continually use on a daily basis. The majority of people consider stress to be something negative, but for many the... Read more...
Sleep as a performance driver
BLACKROLL® meets sleep and recovery expert Anna West. Her job is to identify habits in her clients that have an impact on sleep and performance. She also teaches her clients how they can use a good night's sleep to boost their performance. She mainly works with professional footballers in Europe, including in collaboration with the German national team and Premier League clubs. BLACKROLL®: Anna, what role does sleep play in professional sport? Anna: About six to seven years ago, sleep was considered important in professional sport, but not as a... Read more...
Enhanced wellbeing through acupressure
Enhanced wellbeing through acupressure
What is acupressure, how is it used, and what it can do for you? You have without doubt already practised acupressure on yourself without even knowing it – completely intuitively.... Read more...
Important Blood Markers for a Healthy and Long Life | BLACKROLL
Important Blood Markers for a Healthy and Long Life | BLACKROLL
How are you feeling today? You probably find it easy to answer this question. However, it will be much more difficult to say how you will feel tomorrow. Your blood... Read more...
Intermittent pneumatic compression - COMPRESSION BOOTS for recovery
Intermittent pneumatic compression - COMPRESSION BOOTS for recovery
Regeneration is the key to sustained performance—and this is exactly where intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) comes in. By applying rhythmic pressure to the legs, BLACKROLL COMPRESSION BOOTS support blood and... Read more...
5 essential oils for sore muscles
5 essential oils for sore muscles
Why can essential oils help with sore muscles? We describe sore muscles as microscopic tears in the muscle fibres caused by intense exertion or unaccustomed movement. Micro-muscle injuries are usually... Read more...
Fascia yoga
What is fascia yoga & what effect does it have | BLACKROLL®
Fascia yoga trains the whole body to make it more flexible and supple. The principle is simple: Yoga movements stretch fascial strands, rendering them more moist and supple. This article... Read more...
Forest bathing: Regeneration in nature
Forest bathing: Regeneration in nature
How "Forest Bathing" has been proven to bring nature, body, and mind into harmony. Do you live in the big city? Then your need for nature is sure to be... Read more...
Treating overtraining: Active recovery for athletes
Treating overtraining: Active recovery for athletes
Working out without resting? Bad idea! The body needs time to recover. Without this, it's at risk of overtraining. Higher, faster, further: sport is often about pushing performance. The goal... Read more...
Regeneration & sport simply belong together
Regeneration & sport simply belong together
Why you should pay more attention to regeneration after sport. How much time do you invest in training per week? And how much time for regeneration? Note, this does not... Read more...
What helps to prevent sore muscles? Sport despite aching muscles?
What helps to prevent sore muscles? Sport despite aching muscles?
Facts, prevention and regeneration Do you love to push yourself, during a hard interval session for example - one sprint after the other - and don't care that your muscles... Read more...
Thermotherapy: How you can use heat and cold to aid recovery
Thermotherapy: How you can use heat and cold to aid recovery
Activity and rest - people need both. After all, we feel tired after physical exertion. We then need to find relief in order to restore the balance. This works through... Read more...
Restoring balance through regeneration
Restoring balance through regeneration
Balance is achieved through constant alternating between activity and relaxation – and it forms the basis of your Well-beings. Life is a cycle: those who are active require breaks. Those... Read more...
Sport during pregnancy
Sport during pregnancy
You should pay attention to this in order to stay fit throughout your pregnancy. "Look after yourself and eat for two" - many tips previously considered to be words of... Read more...
Application & effect of a trigger point massage
Application & effect of a trigger point massage
Find out all there is to know about the massage of trigger points and its effect. Trigger point massage is an effective method by which to alleviate myofascial pain. Here... Read more...
Fascia nutrition: Eating right for the fascia.
Fascia nutrition: Eating right for the fascia.
Combat glued fascia through diet. You're probably already aware that you can help your connective tissue by using the various BLACKROLL® tools. You can strengthen connective tissue through myofascial self-massage,... Read more...
Does the foam roller help counteract cellulite?
Does the foam roller help counteract cellulite?
80 to 90 percent of women over the age of 20 are affected by it. Women all over the world stand in front of their mirrors, despairing at the dimples... Read more...