- Items that I use for overall health.
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Morning, Trainiacs.
I just went and did a 45-minute deep water run
just to get the running legs under me before I start
getting into actual running once my heel feels better
in a couple of weeks.
And yeah, water running is about as enjoyable
as you think it is.
Very exciting.
So, even though I'm dealing
with a fair bit of heel pain right now and that injury,
I've been fairly injury free for about two years.
Before that, I was extremely injury prone
and then I kind of got the hang
of what I need to do to stay injury free.
And here are 10.
We're gonna go...
I think I counted up 10 items that I use for overall health.
The first one, very basic,
you see me here with it here all the time,
it's the stretchy bands, it's the TheraBands.
It's what I use after a swim to give the little muscles
here and here and in the traps
that have activation after a swim.
Because a swim is very front dominant
you wanna activate back here so you don't
start hunching over
and we keep our shoulders nice and balanced.
The second I'm gonna talk about before I get outta here
is a little rolly ball.
Almost everyone has these rolly balls.
I use mine primarily for foot aches and pains.
Whenever anything starts feeling really beat up in my feet
or kinda scrunchy in my feet,
I stand on that rolly ball, roll it around,
beat it up a little bit
and work it out so the muscles don't start
like overlapping and jumbling up.
Alright, super loud here so back to home.
I'll show you the other eight.
Next on the list is a foam roller
and I like to use a foam roller like this
to rub out any...
Oooh.
Sorts of tightness in between my shoulder blades.
Now, obviously you can use it in the more traditional ways.
Rolling out your IT band tightness
or your, whoa, quad tightness.
There's a fair bit of controversy
about whether or not foam rollers actually work.
I'm not gonna say they're gonna cure injuries
but I'll say that they'll a least do a little bit
to loosen you up.
Next, you gotta take care of your undercarriage
and for that I like DZ Nuts Chamois Cream.
I've tried all different kinds of chamois creams
for like, you know, under your underside
on the bike, before the bike.
You know what I mean, right?
Use your imagination.
And as far as I'm concerned,
DZ Nuts is the best that I've tried.
That's all you get.
You don't get a visual demonstration of this.
Sorry.
Next on the list, our insoles.
In the running shoes and the cycling shoes.
Having a stable platform to push off of
is like just having a solid foundation.
If your foot has little micro vibrations,
it's gonna transfer all the way up your body
on the bike, on the run.
You're gonna notice a little bit of a trend
as you saw with the spiky ball
that foot health, foot injuries, foot strength
is critically important to being a healthy triathlete.
Oh, hello there.
Next on the list of things that I use for overall health
and recovery are these RP Sports compression boots.
These are obviously getting
a little bit more on the pricey side than everything else.
But I use these after really really hard workouts
to get that circulation in my legs kick started.
And a lot of people say, 'Hey, do they really work?'
Yes, they really work.
If you're interested in a pair,
let me know and I'll put you in touch with RP Sports.
They've offered, I think it's anywhere from like a five
to 15% discount on these babies.
So, you can pick them up for a little bit cheaper.
I'm gonna be here for about half an hour now.
Hi, next on the list are these Footbeat feet recovery shoes.
These have an insole with a plunger that's right underneath
your venous plexus, which is a vein that is right there
and it pushes on that, driving blood flow
all the way up your leg.
It increases the blood flow by up to 15 times.
So, it's kinda similar to the recovery boots,
but you can actually walk around in 'em.
You're not tethered to one place.
I was really skeptical of these in Kona, but they work.
Next on the list are OOFOS slide recovery sandals.
These are just for walkin' around the house
and they're almost a brand new addition to the lineup.
Since encountering the heel pain,
I've found that these take away the heel pain.
Then when I went to the podiatrist last week
he said, 'What do you wear when you're at work?'
and I'm like, 'Well, lately I've start wearing OOFOS'
and he went, 'Mm, yeah, those are good.
Stick with those.'
(whispers) OOFOS.
Second to last on the list is a wobble board.
Coach pass has been using this for years
and years and years.
He's got a different model,
but essentially what you do with this
is you stand on it in various different ways
and you force yourself to balance.
And getting that foot strength
and ability to balance your body weight
is like starting that foundation
and that chain of body strength
right from the ground all the way up through your body.
And then last thing,
guarantee this is gonna drive some people through the roof,
is the human charger.
And what this human charger does is you turn it on,
ear pods emit light, put it into your ear,
and it's like putting sun rays in your ear.
Now, everyone's gonna be up in the comments like,
'That is total bullshirt Teran, you're selling us snake oil'
Well, you might now live in Winnipeg.
Up here we have something called SADS,
it's Seasonal Affective Disorder Syndrome.
It's because we don't really get exposure to the sun.
Even when it is sunny out, it's so damn cold out here
that I just went for a walk to and from the pool
and the only thing that hit some sunlight
was right here.
My sister has actually been battling depression
her entire life and one of the biggest things
that she has to be conscious of is during the winter
she doesn't get exposure to the sun.
So, she actually gets light treatment with things like this
and it works.
So, before you start slammin' me understand the science.
And you know what?
I've got a ton of things that I have tried out
and the only reason that I talk about these
is because I've actually noticed
that my energy levels are higher this winter than previous.
Okay?
Alright, now I've got a bonus one for ya.
And the last thing that I just got
that is a new addition to the TriTeran Headquarters
but I've been using all the time at the pool
is a light kettle bells.
25 pounds and I say that for return on time spent,
light high rep kettle bell swings
of 20 to 30 times three reps
is probably one of the best things that I've ever done
for just overall back structure health.
So, there you go.
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