Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

When I first went after a runner that I coach with my brand new Hypervolt percussion massager,

well, she looked terrified and rightfully so. It looks and sounds a lot like

a power drill. So when I walked towards her, grinning maniacly, brandishing this machine,

she had every reason to think that I had truly lost my mind. But as I explained to her,

this power tool is actually a massage device

that promises to do things like increase range of motion before a workout, prepare muscles

for activity, and relieve delayed muscle soreness after a workout. Now, the popularity of these

vibrating and percussing devices is, well,

hard to miss these days. I see constant ads for them in my social media feeds and in targeted

browser ads alike. Slow motion videos of fit-looking individuals pressing these devices into their

quads, glutes, lats, and pecks,

causing mesmerizingly relaxing waves to cascade through their skin.

Well, they've been tempting me for months, so I finally gave in.

And you know what? I like it.

If you've been reading my posts and listening to my podcast for the last

few years, you would think that I would have learned my lesson by now, especially after reading

the book called Good to Go and then interviewing its author, Christy Ashwondon, about the

hit and missness of the science of recovery. but what kind of coach or fitness writer would I be

if I didn't keep myself up to date with the latest tools? So before I get into the science

behind these power tools, vibrating balls, and rumble rollers, let me remind you of something

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