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- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- Because we are
the most famous physical therapists on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course, Bob.
- Today, we're going to talk about
the mother of all massage guns for athletes.
- Is that like the mother load?
- The mother load, you bet,
you hit the mother load. - Oh yes.
- This is our most powerful gun.
It's a massage gun.
If you have a slight build or even an average build,
you probably would do fine with this one,
which is the C2, right?
I believe, the C2. - Yeah, the C2 model.
- There's a U2 and there's a Q2.
- R2D2. - Yeah.
This is a handheld one.
If you have a slighter build, if you're a smaller person.
- Thin, older.
- Yeah, this will probably be enough for you.
But if you're an athlete and you're muscular,
or if you're a big person, a larger person
this is the gun for you.
And I actually, I'm not a large person
but I like this one because it really gets, I like pain
and it really gets into those sore muscles.
- They have names for people like that, Bob.
- Yeah, I know they do.
I think they're sadists.
- Yeah, if you're the kind of person
more power, better, bigger, your beefy,
you want something, you know,
and some people may want that one and a small one
for their someone else at home.
- Significant other.
- Or for different parts of your body.
This would not be good probably for your hand.
- Right.
- But you know, for your legs, your hips,
your back, shoulders to a degree.
You gotta be a bigger person around your shoulders.
- Yeah, beefy.
- Yep, there's a different head.
- There's a different head,
I haven't seen this on any other massage gun.
Maybe there's one out there, I don't know.
This is metal and it actually screws on
and I didn't think it would be any different
but it does seem to penetrate more, Brad.
I don't know why.
- Yeah, I know what you mean.
- This really goes in.
- It certainly looks neat, that's for sure
but yeah, it feels better.
Here are the other heads that come with this one,
there's the field goal head which is probably the one
that would be used the least at home,
but it has some particular areas that it does work well for,
and here's one that is soft and it's air cushioned.
- Yeah, it's nice, you can go right over bone,
it really doesn't bother you.
- I mean, we don't recommend you massage your bone.
- No, but if you get close to the bone.
- Yeah, and then the round one,
this one is really nice for coming at different angles.
- And also getting larger muscles, I think,
because it covers a large area.
- And now the rest of these
they're interference fit and friction fit so they just
here you do it Bob, it's easier for...
You just push it in and it works really well.
They stay in nicely.
- Now with all these, it's got five speeds
and I would start off with the lowest speed
and even, maybe, the first day stay on the lowest speed
and then eventually you can work up to the highest speed.
- And you know darn well, if we're talking to a manly man
they're going for the highest speed, right away.
That's what I'd do but anyways, we don't recommend it.
We've got the bullet one. - Oh yeah.
If you really want to get into trigger points and muscle,
that you really got to get in there, this will do the job.
- I use that one myself actually on my lower calf.
- Oh really?
- This one you can also, you can heat it up.
and you can also cool it down. - Yeah.
I wouldn't use a torch to heat it up,
maybe just put it in some warm water, some boiling water.
- I'm not sure how you would heat it up,
you can't put in a microwave.
- No, I'm thinking water is the best way to do it.
- Sure, you wouldn't want it to warm, would ya?
- But, you could put it in the freezer, you know?
- Yeah, yeah.
- To cool it down, that would work really well.
- But I'm not really a cold massage person.
- And the other thing is either way
after about 30 seconds to a minute,
I think that temperature change will, you know,
it's going to cool off or heat up to whatever your skin is.
- I think the gun shuts off after about 12 minutes
just to protect itself from overheating
and you got to hold the button a little bit
to get it to start.
It doesn't start right away, it's a little bit.
You gotta hold it like two seconds, three seconds
but if you're you're an athlete
and you want to use this for prior to working out
or even after, for muscle recovery.
- Yes.
- This is the baby for you.
- That's right.
Enjoy with the massage gun.
I should have two, yeah, there we go.
(Brad make gunshot noises)
- Oh, good Lord.
- I'm feeling strong today, Bob.
- All right.
- Let's carry on.
- Thanks for watching.
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