The Great Foam Roller Handbook [Paperback]

Andre Noel Potvin (Author), Mike Jespersen (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2006

Learn how foam rollers can be used to challenge and improve core stability, posture and strength, as well as improving range of motion, flexibility and balance. This handbook also includes a section on Myofacial Release. 64 pgs. Color throughout.

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About the Author

Andre Noel Potvin is a fitness educator and rehabilitation exercise specialist with 22 years of leadership experience and 13 years of specialization in clinical exercise and post-injury rehabilitation. He is currently managing partner of EnerChanges Medical, Health, Wellness and Fitness Clinic in Vancouver. André holds a M.Sc. in cardiac rehabilitation from the University of British Columbia, where he served for 4 years on the teaching faculty of the School of Human Kinetics. He is a certified Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES) of the American Council on Exercise and an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). André is also founding president and owner of INFOFIT Educators School for Fitness Professionals. He is frequently invited to lecture at international certification and continuing education seminars for personal trainers, chiropractors, physiotherapists and registered kinesiologists

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Productive Fitness Publishing Inc. (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0973126264
• ISBN-13: 978-0973126266
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Exercise & Fitness > General

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is not a book, its a "booklet"!, December 3, 2009

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S. J. Zia (Brookings, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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I was horribly disappointed to receive this little booklet. Small, small pictures, soft cover, and looking and feeling exactly like a booklet. Smaller than many manuals you'd get with an item purchased.

Having gotten beyond my initial reaction, I looked thru the pages. There are about a dozen assorted usable exercises. Most are common sense stuff and there are few "aha!" moments if any. Same with the stretching section which was most of what I wanted. Everything there is easily found and downloaded in articles commonly available. Again, nothing more than basics, basics, and more basics. There was one single "new" idea in the whole book.

Had I paid $.99 I would have felt good. A booklet is valued at that. But not for its asking price.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars oops, more of a pamphlet, December 1, 2008

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T. Osborne ("I am here") - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Foam Roller Handbook (Paperback)

I bought this as a gift to go with a foam roller I also bought as a gift. Needless to say the foam roller is a piece of foam. I was hoping to spruce it up with a good exercise manual - so it would look more like an exercise tool and less like a piece of foam. For 9.95 I thought I had bought a book but this is more of a pamphlet that should come free with the roller. The pages are glossy, I guess that's why it's 9.95. My purpose in getting the gift was for the massage-after-hurting-yourself-exercising aspect but there's only a small section of that in the book. On the plus side, it's the one section that doesn't require so many different rollers.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book, December 29, 2007

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Gerald (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Foam Roller Handbook (Paperback)

Wow! This book covers it all when it comes to foam rollers; from strength training to balance and flexibility, as well as, a section on myofascial release. I also thought the pictures were clear and the instructions descriptive and to the point.