"There's a reason why you see massage tables at many finish lines. Post-race, massage can do wonders for the knot you picked up at mile nine, relieve any impending soreness and help you relax after your exertion."

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You’ll find everything you need to  receive the benefits of massage without the costs.

Technique: Seven massage strokes for you to try.

Routines: Massage programs for specific sports and activities.

Benefits: Top 16 reasons to learn to massage your own aches and pains.

Tools: Cool massage tools to improve your reach and power.

Resources: links to the most beautiful sports videos we could find. Take the $100,000 challenge. If you can do everything in these videos you deserve $100,000, of course we’re not going to give it to you, but you deserve it. Check them out and see how many you can do and remain alive.

Self-Massage for Athletes: the greatest advance in self-massage in 5000 years, here’s why

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“Ask any serious athlete: Massage is a necessity, not a girly indulgence. But you can’t always hit the spa when you’re sore and tired.”

Ski Magazine

“Self-massage is increasingly popular to help relieve sore muscles, hasten recovery and reduce chances of injury.” Yoga Magazine

"The ability to relieve pain and speed recovery with self-massage can bring training to new levels and help prevent injury." Metro Sports New York

Why People Love the Book

Body & Brain Magazine

“While massage professionals may flick a wrist at its simplicity, Self-Massage for Athletes informs and entertains, making massage accessible to everyone–even if it is self-administered.” --See the full story in the December 2006 issue on page 71.

Ski Magazine

“Ask any serious athlete: Massage is a necessity, not a girly self-indulgence. But you can’t always hit the spa whenever you’re sore and tired. Instead, do it yourself. Rich Poley’s book, Self-Massage for Athletes, offers quick and easy how-to’s for working out the knots. . . Other benefits of self-massage: on demand service at an unbeatable price.” --See the full review in the December 2006 issue on page 46.

Atlanta Sports & Fitness Magazine

“OK, we all know that massages are good for us. . .but please, not everyone can afford to go to

the spa once a week!  That’s why we love Rich Poley’s new book, Self-Massage for Athletes. It offers a great maintenance plan for those times when you just can’t make it to a massage therapist, and it even has tons of photographs showing the best ways to massage each part of the body.” --See the full story in the December 2006 issue on page 11.

Massage Magazine

“Written by an Ironman triathlete for other athletes, this easy-to-follow book extols the benefits

of self-massage pre- and post-activity, and for general well being. It is well sourced, contains

clear black-and-white photos demonstrating technique, and targets the specific needs and muscular woes of competitive and recreational athletes. It would be a fine source of self-care exercises for your athletic clientele.” --See the March 2007 issue on page 115.

RUN OHIO Magazine

“This book provides an extremely useful and straight-forward approach to massage. It is able

to provide the reader with the tools necessary to effectively use self-massage to prevent injury

and muscle soreness as well as to promote general well being. Since most runners will face injury or muscle soreness at some point in their careers, the information presented in this book

is ideal for any runner regardless of their competitive background.”

See the full review written by Elaine Binkley, All American Cross Country Runner,  Jan/Feb

2007 on page 22. Go

MountainBikeTales.com

“Sometimes after a long ride we have a load of aches and pains, and no way to get rid of them.

Rub your troubles away with this excellent book. . . . .We’re confident that athletes of any skill

level will benefit by having Rich Poley’s excellent work in their collection. The results of apply

ing the techniques within are immediate. . . . . Boom Line: Advice is only good advice if it’s put

to use. Rich Poley turns complicated subjects into advice anyone can put to use.”

See the full story in the December 2006 online magazine, gear review section. Go                     

Reviews and Notices praising the book have appeared in:  Active Cities • Athletes HI • Athletics Weekly • Bicycle Paper • Bicycle Quarterly • Bike Culture • Black Belt • Colorado Runner • Cross Country Skier • Fitness Plus • Marathon & Beyond • Metro Sports New York • Mountain BikeTales.com • Oxygen • Philly Fit • Pilates Style • Procycling • Rocky Mountain Sports • Run Minnesota • Running Times • Runner’s World • Run Ohio • Sea Paddler • Ski Canada • WomenOf.com • xtri.com • Magazine, and many many more, all since December 2006.

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