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Originally Posted by Kevin T.
This is my opinion, based a lot on my personal experiences: Paul is an athlete, and a big one at that: 6', 215. I know personally that a normal foam roller does nothing for me anymore. I could roll all day and the knots will still be there. I switched up to a PVC pipe and the knots go away. PVC pipe, baseballs, and lax balls work for me; the foam doesn't. I do recall reading John Izzo's piece, but my take is that, for the normal everyday lifter, a foam roller is more than enough. For others, however, sometimes more is needed, which is where the PVC and lax balls come into play.
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I'm not pin-rolling my muscles into pancakes per se--it really does take something a little firmer than just foam to work my knots out. My foam roller acquired the consistency of merely a tightly-rolled bath towel from overuse
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