Warming up before running and relaxing muscles after running are an indispensable part of a complete training class, and it is also the habit of a mature runner.

It is necessary to warm up before running with sufficient and intensity to effectively increase body temperature, increase heat dissipation, reduce the inertia of internal organs, and improve running economy, so as to achieve better athletic performance;

In the same way, deep and thorough muscle relaxation after running can help reduce muscle tension, promote fatigue recovery, and prevent injury.

The role of massage gun in relaxing muscles

Massage guns have gradually become popular in the past two years, and have been popularized from special relaxation equipment for professional athletes to relaxation tools for the general public. But can the fascia gun achieve the purpose of relaxing the muscles?

Or is it a psychological effect or is it really useful?

After the human body exercises, the muscles will have hypoxia, tension, lactic acid accumulation, etc. Therefore, the muscles will form a layer of fascia on the outer layer, which can allow the muscle fibers to contract better, but if the exercise intensity is too high , It will make the muscle fascia be squeezed, causing soreness and stiffness in the body muscles, and the fascia gun uses high-frequency vibration to relieve the muscle fascia and internal pressure to a certain extent, reducing the tension of local tissues , So as to achieve the effects of relieving pain and promoting muscle blood circulation.

Four heads of the massage gun

1. The bullet is used to massage the pectoralis minor muscle. Relaxing the pectoralis minor muscle can relieve shoulder and neck discomfort

2. The U-shaped head is suitable for massaging the shoulders and neck and relaxing the calf and Achilles tendon. It is very helpful for preventing Achilles tendon injuries.

3. The flat head is suitable for massaging the erector spinae of the waist and both sides, which has a good effect on alleviating the discomfort of the lumbar spine after sitting for a long time.

4. The big round head is suitable for relaxing large muscle groups, such as the gluteus maximus. You can relax more if your legs hurt and butt hurts.