6 Tips to Prevent Running Injuries & Muscle Aches while Increasing Mileage

You’re training for a big race. You’re excited. You’ve had some great workouts, and you feel on top of the world. Then, BAM! – out of nowhere, you begin experiencing nagging aches and pain that require days or weeks of rest and recovery. Increasing mileage and intensity too quickly cause the majority of running injuries. […]

3 Things Runners Don’t Want to Hear

By Coach Henness of ThoroughlyThriving.com As a run coach, there are many things I enjoy, like celebrating my athlete’s successes. Equally as important, though, are the things that neither they nor I enjoy. Often that means saying these 3 things runners don’t want to hear. RUN SLOWER Running fast is the dream. So, when I […]

4 Steps to Proper Post Workout Recovery

Most gym-goers believe that the key to making the most of their workouts is training hard, day in and day out. Though intense exercise is essential, if you don’t give your body a chance to recover between sessions, you’ll be setting yourself up for a great setback. Proper recovery is just as crucial to improving […]

3 Key Spots to Foam Roll to Prevent Injuries & Increase Mobility

Ketanga Fitness Retreats puts on fitness vacations all around the world (you can check out the full line up at KetangaFitness.com).  On one of their recent fit trips to Tulum, the focus of the trip was recovery and mobility with Coach Chelsea Aguiar, and they used our Tiger Tail Roadsters before and after workouts to help their muscles recover and […]

3 Ways You Can Recover Like An Olympian!

After binge watching hours upon hours of the 2016 Rio Olympics, you might be inspired to start training like an Olympian. But before you go crazy with ramped up mileage, double weights, and an extra dose of soreness, Happy Muscles Blog is here to help you learn how to recover like an Olympian! What is a […]

The Foam Roll Routine

As endurance athletes, we are innately stubborn people. We’ll be the first to argue with anyone who tells us we can’t do something, find exhilaration in pushing our bodies to find new limits and seek thrill when we push the line of that limit again and again. So, when we inevitably hit the wall of […]

Why You Should Never Skip a Warm-Up

When you have to work out but are pressed for time, skipping the warm-up seems reasonable. But little did you know that those few extra minutes you spend warming up are very important both for your performance and overall health. As marathon season is just around the corner, it helps to know why warming up […]

4 Steps to Proper Post Workout Recovery

Most gym-goers believe that the key to making the most of their workouts is training hard, day in and day out. Though intense exercise is essential, if you don’t give your body a chance to recover between sessions, you’ll be setting yourself up for a great setback. Proper recovery is just as crucial to improving […]

Discovering Tiger Tail On The Fly

I started using Tiger Tail products in 2015 while I was participating in a 218.3-mile relay race called the Wild Rogue Rely, which takes place in Southern Oregon. I came into that race babying my hamstrings which were on the verge of failing me from over training. I was lucky enough to have a teammate […]

How I Took 7 Days Off Running Without the World Ending…

As an endurance runner for many years, my daily run is often my favorite part of the day. Whether a tough mental run or one of those runs that seems effortless, the runitation* and post-run sense of accomplishment is the height of each day. Recently, however, my runs took a turn for the worse. I […]