Gear
Recovery Gear
Some of this I own. Most of it I have only read the specs on, and where that is the case the article says so at the top. The note comes off when it stops being true, which is slower than I would like.
Everything
4 piecesHow to read a massage gun spec sheet
Two numbers decide whether a percussion device works, and most listings publish neither. What amplitude and stall force mean, what the evidence supports, and where not to point the thing.
Red light therapy comes down to two numbers
Wavelength and dose decide whether a panel does anything. How to read a listing, what the research supports, and why a $60 mask and a $1,200 panel are not the same product.
The foam roller is the one piece of gear worth owning
It costs $25, the evidence is better than most of this category, and the instruction card explains it wrong. A protocol, three places not to roll, and why density doesn't matter.
A very expensive way to feel better about your legs
The recovery category with the best marketing and the thinnest evidence. What intermittent pneumatic compression does, who must not use it, and what $700 actually buys.