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Admittedly, fascia training with the hard foam tools from Blackroll can be quite painful. But Exercising with fascia rollers and balls to release pinched muscle sheaths is part of everyday training for MTB pros. And many amateur athletes now also swear by the regenerative effect of self-massage, which was initially not very pleasant.
After all, not only professional athletes know that the best training is useless without good regeneration. Restful nights of deep, regenerative sleep are right at the top of the list - ideally even with a customised sleep system. "More and more cycling teams are starting to transport the riders' personal pillows or even mattresses from hotel to hotel," Mattias Reck, for example, tells our colleagues from the racing bike magazine TOUR. The 46-year-old trains the road pros from Team Trek-Segafredo - but also pupils from a Swedish cycling high school.
With its products, Blackroll aims to promote the health, well-being and an active, positive lifestyle of its customers. In addition to active regeneration through self-massage, passive recovery is also essential for Blackroll in order to stay healthy, fit and productive in the long term. And sleep is the best - and often underestimated - regeneration tool.
Blackroll has therefore developed the Recovery Pillow neck support cushion together with the Stuttgart-based sleep experts from Centa-Star. The ergonomically shaped pillow is large enough for use at home and small and light enough to take with you wherever you go.
A visco-elastic polyurethane foam with memory effect allows the head to sink in gently and adapts precisely to the contours of the head. The special property of the foam to easily resist spontaneous changes in shape provides good support and ensures that the head can lie still for a long time.
Turning manoeuvre: two sides for back and side sleepers
For back sleepers, the pillow features a head hollow on one side. Side sleepers can turn the pillow round if their head bends downwards too much when lying on their side. And if you turn from your back to your side while sleeping, you still don't have to wake up to turn the pillow. The testers also slept perfectly well all night on just one side. Which side is right for you depends on your personal anatomy, among other things. And the mattress also plays a role.
Viewed from above, the cushion has a curved front side that accommodates the shoulder area. The scope of delivery also includes a cover that can be washed at a maximum of 40 °C and the transport cover, in which the cushion can be wrapped into an eleven centimetre thick and 33 centimetre long roll for transport.
Hardcore bikepacking ascetics might prefer an even lighter and more space-saving version for transport on the bike. For everyone else, the cushion, rolled up into the softest Blackroll, accompanies you on holiday without getting in the way and unfolds its relaxing effect on arrival - true to the motto: How to make your bed...
Blackroll Recovery Pillow - Key data
Weight: 695 g (+ 50 g transport bag)
Size: 48 x 30 cm
Height: approx. 6 - 12 cm
Pack size: 33 x Ø 11 cm
Price: around 90 euros >> e.g. at Sport-Schuster or Amazon available
Sebastian Brust
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