101 Uses for a Pool Noodle

Eric Allen Kerr · 06-30-2007, 06:20 PM

Okay, not quite 101 uses, but.

My chiropractor told me to lay on one for 20 minutes a day to help loosen up my chest.

I found this PDF over at bodymapping.org detailing the use that he had mentioned and a couple of others uses.

Drawings are just outlines of people with the sections of pool noodles positioned, family safe, probably ALT+Tab work safe

Veronica Carpenter · 06-30-2007, 09:03 PM

Ooh, nice. I'm gonna have to get me some pool noodles. I'd imagine you could also insert pvc in the center and use them as foam rollers? Has anyone tried making their own foam rollers?

Eric Allen Kerr · 06-30-2007, 09:23 PM

Just getting into this pool noodle business, myself, LOL.

In fact I tried to pick up a couple from Target tonight and they they didn't have any plain ol' round pool noodles!

They had pentagonal pull noodles (5 smaller rounds) melded together around a central hole)

And round ones with big puffy ends that looked like pugil sticks (pricey).

Got to love the art of value adding :wallbash:

Bryan Gollhofer · 06-30-2007, 09:32 PM

Toys R' Us Baby! That's where I got mine. I was in there shopping for Christmas presents for a three year old, got in line to pay and... eureka! I saw those things that looked just like the foam rollers that cost a MANY MORE DOLLARS. I snatched one up. Good deals to be had! I think it cost me about $4.50, and has been VERY useful.

Veronica yes, there is a small hole down the middle that you could very possibly put some type of PVC through. I am looking to do the same thing with mine as it has a little to much give to it. It is great as is, but the extra strength in there with some PVC would be great. Even with the PVC, still a bargain.

(Message edited by bryang on June 30, 2007)

Bryan Gollhofer · 06-30-2007, 09:49 PM

On a side note Veronica, remember my post on my OHS eureka moment??? I love OHS's, and a couple of months ago while doing an OHS WOD, I got a KNARLY stinger/cramp/BAD pain in my hamstring. I threw my pool noodle (foam roller) on the mat, rolled my ham, and got back up and finished the WOD.

As far as I am concerned, it paid for itself right there.

Veronica Carpenter · 06-30-2007, 10:03 PM

Yes! I knew I had a good idea there! Beats ordering a fancy one.

Blair Robert Lowe · 07-01-2007, 03:56 AM

Dollar store, pool noodles. I need to go buy some for the gym since apparently we have none when I wanted the boys to dive rolls over them. Hulahoops had to work instead.

Veronica Carpenter · 07-01-2007, 10:04 AM

carpet mats work, too Blair. :-)

Blair Robert Lowe · 07-01-2007, 09:14 PM

As a landing surface? We have mats, not enough as I'd like.
I use the pool noodles to have them jump over as a sort of barrier.

Those intersectional mats at Costco are fine for mats at home I find.

Veronica Carpenter · 07-02-2007, 12:48 PM

No not as landing surfaces as obstacles to dive over. I'm talking about the little rectangles of carpet samples. The girls use them all the time.

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06-30-2007, 09:03 PM	#2
Veronica Carpenter Member Profile: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oroville Ca Posts: 2,707	Ooh, nice. I'm gonna have to get me some pool noodles. I'd imagine you could also insert pvc in the center and use them as foam rollers? Has anyone tried making their own foam rollers?

06-30-2007, 09:23 PM	#3
Eric Allen Kerr Member Profile: Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Saint Louis Missouri Posts: 170	Just getting into this pool noodle business, myself, LOL. In fact I tried to pick up a couple from Target tonight and they they didn't have any plain ol' round pool noodles! They had pentagonal pull noodles (5 smaller rounds) melded together around a central hole) And round ones with big puffy ends that looked like pugil sticks (pricey). Got to love the art of value adding :wallbash:

06-30-2007, 09:32 PM	#4
Bryan Gollhofer Member Profile: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 154	Toys R' Us Baby! That's where I got mine. I was in there shopping for Christmas presents for a three year old, got in line to pay and... eureka! I saw those things that looked just like the foam rollers that cost a MANY MORE DOLLARS. I snatched one up. Good deals to be had! I think it cost me about $4.50, and has been VERY useful. Veronica yes, there is a small hole down the middle that you could very possibly put some type of PVC through. I am looking to do the same thing with mine as it has a little to much give to it. It is great as is, but the extra strength in there with some PVC would be great. Even with the PVC, still a bargain. (Message edited by bryang on June 30, 2007)

06-30-2007, 09:49 PM	#5
Bryan Gollhofer Member Profile: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 154	On a side note Veronica, remember my post on my OHS eureka moment??? I love OHS's, and a couple of months ago while doing an OHS WOD, I got a KNARLY stinger/cramp/BAD pain in my hamstring. I threw my pool noodle (foam roller) on the mat, rolled my ham, and got back up and finished the WOD. As far as I am concerned, it paid for itself right there.

06-30-2007, 10:03 PM	#6
Veronica Carpenter Member Profile: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oroville Ca Posts: 2,707	Yes! I knew I had a good idea there! Beats ordering a fancy one.

07-01-2007, 03:56 AM	#7
Blair Robert Lowe Member Profile: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 6,076	Dollar store, pool noodles. I need to go buy some for the gym since apparently we have none when I wanted the boys to dive rolls over them. Hulahoops had to work instead.

07-01-2007, 10:04 AM	#8
Veronica Carpenter Member Profile: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oroville Ca Posts: 2,707	carpet mats work, too Blair. :-)

07-01-2007, 09:14 PM	#9
Blair Robert Lowe Member Profile: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 6,076	As a landing surface? We have mats, not enough as I'd like. I use the pool noodles to have them jump over as a sort of barrier. Those intersectional mats at Costco are fine for mats at home I find.

07-02-2007, 12:48 PM	#10
Veronica Carpenter Member Profile: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oroville Ca Posts: 2,707	No not as landing surfaces as obstacles to dive over. I'm talking about the little rectangles of carpet samples. The girls use them all the time.