Women's Fitness

PUMMEL POWER

If you haven’t got one stashed away in a cupboard already, it’s only a matter of time before you purchase a massage gun. Touted as the new foam roller, these handy tools are typically shaped like a hair dryer and use a percussive pummelling action to stimulate blood flow to workout-worn muscles. ‘Percussion therapy delivers targeted pulses of pressure that reach both the superficial and deep muscle fibres,’ explains Harley Pasternak, global wellness advisor for Hyperice (hyperice.com). ‘This helps increase blood flow and lymph

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