Self-Massage for Athletes   

A Revolutionary Approach to Improved Fitness and Health

 

“I highly recommend this book to every single athlete who is interested in improving their athletic performance, experiencing faster recovery and feeling happier in the process!”

“Poley provides scientific background for massage and clear instructions on seven basic massage strokes and how to apply them to every part of the body.” –Jonathan Beverly of Running Times

“Whether you want to relieve sore muscles or reduce the chance of injury, Self-Massage for Athletes has a ton of useful information, simple techniques and photos to cover body parts you never thought you could reach.” –Ski Canada Magazine

“Self-Massage for Athletes by Rich Poley is a book that every athlete, regardless of skill level, needs to seriously consider.” MountainBikeTales.com

–Asti Tomsic of Athletes HI online magazine

About 

This website is about health, fitness, and self-massage for active people. After writing the book Self-Massage for Athletes, I built this site as a resource for people who wanted to know more about massage and self-massage but were too cheap to buy the book.


Here’s a list of pages and what’s on them:


  1. •Resources: links to all the videos and articles on the site

  2. •Benefits: the real advantages and disadvantages of self-massage

  3. •Techniques: 7 massage strokes for you to try

  4. •Routines: massage programs for specific sports and activities

  5. •Workshops: hands-on clinics and workshops

  6. •Links: to other websites of interest (mostly to me)

  7. •Tools: cool massage tools to try

  8. •Reviews: why athletes say they like my book

  9. •Buy: the book here or at Amazon, where it’s cheaper

  10. •Contact: send me email

  11. •Blog: stuff I thought of that wasn’t quite good enough for the website


At the bottom of each page you can view a sports video. Some offer instruction in yoga, Pilates, etc, but most are wild leaps off mountains, literally and figuratively. See how many of them you can perform. If you believe you can do them all, you’re obviously insane. If you know of any videos that should be included, let me know. I’ll give you a free book if I upload your recommendation.


Hope this website exceeds your expectations,  have fun, stay awhile, play awhile.



Keep in touch,


Rich Poley
Boulder, Colorado














     Every great workout deserves a massage

Phone 303.545.6462, Two Hand Press, LLC,
PO Box 4236, Boulder, Colorado 80306