Rumble Roller : Rumble Roller Gator Recovery Aids and Foam Rollers

Rumble Rollers are a mainstay or should be, of any athlete who frequently participates in high intensity exercise. The Gator is the most beginner friendly of all rumble rollers but do not mistake it as something that is only for newcomers as it features facets that make it just as usable for advanced athletes.

No More PVC Piping Needed

If you have followed the writing of various elite athlete coaches you will sometimes see them say that regular foam rollers fail to get deep enough into tissue so therefore their athletes should use PVC piping to roll on.

The beautiful thing about the Gator is that the combination of its strong surface and small diameter protruding discs enables you to achieve higher compression forces in the muscle than a regular roller and with the added benefit of much more localised compression versus a PVC pipe. When you consider the dangers associated with PVC pipe such as added risk of soft tissue and disc damage, the Gator avoids these issues while delivering the same benefits in a much, much more comfortable way.

Cross-Friction Support

As users become used to foam rollers they tend to feel less and less effective, one reason why rumble rollers became popular in the first place. If you have ever seen people rolling and trying to increase the leverage they can apply, then you will be pleased to know that there are other ways to massage the muscles without such exertions.

A key benefit of the Gator from having used it ourselves is that when you roll on this you get a feeling of the Gator pulling dense, knotty tissue apart. We are referring to a shearing force as you roll over the top layer of the muscles that means you can more easily access the deeper tissue by means other than trying to overload and blast through to it.

Gators do this by gripping your skin between the protrusions so that as you roll it mimics the effect achieved by a massage therapist.

For anyone wondering still, a Gator can be used in conjunction with a regular rumble roller, working via different means to achieve the same end goal more efficiently than either can alone.