when I'm Ironman training I go to an ART guy. With the huge loads I'm putting on my body I need the ART massage to loosen things up.
ART massages HURT when you are having them done, but I feel SOO much better after it's done!
I believe what I have done is much different than the tour riders. I'm sure theirs are to flush out the lactic acid.
And ART is not something you'd have done daily.