Mike Shilling
Recovery & Training Editor, Best Exercise
Massage guns, foam rollers, recovery and training form
Mike Shilling has spent years training hard and learning, often the hard way, that recovery is where the gains actually stick. That interest turned into a specialism in recovery tools and training technique, from massage guns and foam rollers to the form cues that keep people training pain-free.
At Best Exercise he covers recovery kit and exercise guides, weighing up things like stall force, noise, battery life and whether a tool genuinely helps or just feels nice for five minutes. He grounds technique advice in established strength and rehab principles, and cites the evidence where it matters.
Mike's take is that the best recovery tool is the one you will actually use. He aims to cut through the gadget hype and point you at what moves the needle.
Latest from Mike
- Quad Exercises: The 8 Best Moves for Bigger, Stronger Legs
- Best Glucosamine UK 2026: Sulphate, Combined Formulas and the Evidence
- Best Posture Corrector UK 2026: Honest Picks and What Actually Works
- Hip Flexor Stretches: 7 Moves to Undo a Day at a Desk
- Pike Push Up: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Progressions
- Best Weighted Blanket UK 2026: Picks for Sleep and Recovery
- Theragun Prime Review: Tougher, Simpler, Still Pricey
- Hyperice Normatec 3 Review: Are Compression Boots Worth £779?
- Theragun Sense Review: A Massage Gun Built for Winding Down
- Best Ashwagandha UK 2026: KSM-66, Withanolides and the Label Tricks to Ignore
- Fire Hydrant Exercise: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Variations
- Hamstring Stretches: 7 of the Best Moves to Loosen Tight Hamstrings
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