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Stretching: 30th Anniversary Edition
Author: Bob Anderson
ISBN-10: 0936070463
ISBN-13: 9780936070469
Published: 2010-04-06
Publisher: Shelter Publications
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Book Description:
This is the book that people tell their friends about, that trainers suggest for virtually every sport and activity, and that medical professionals recommend to people just starting to get back in shape. Stretching first appeared in 1980 as a new generation of Americans became committed to running, cycling, aerobic training, and workouts in the gym — all of which are commonplace now.It features stretching routines specific to a variety of people, including sports enthusiasts, travelers, children, gardeners, and people in wheelchairs. There is also an abbreviated version of each routine for people in a hurry, new information on the stretching vs. warming up debate, and new and improved drawings. This 30th anniversary edition features two-color inks to better define the muscle groups helped by each stretching exercise. A new section focuses on office fitness exercises, helpful for both home and office computer users.
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Delavier's Stretching Anatomy
Author: Frederic Delavier
ISBN-10: 1450413986
ISBN-13: 9781450413985
Published: 2011-10-10
Publisher: Human Kinetics
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Book Description:
Get an inside view of the muscles in action during every stretch you perform! Delavier’s Stretching Anatomy is your guide for increasing flexibility, improving range of motion, toning muscles, and relieving pain and discomfort. The very best stretches for shoulders, chest, arms, torso, back, hips, and legs are all here, and all in the stunning detail that only Frédéric Delavier can provide. With over 550 full-color photos and illustrations, you’ll go inside more than 130 exercises to see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures and learn how variations, progressions, and sequencing can affect muscle recruitment, the underlying structures, and ultimately the results. Delavier’s Stretching Anatomy includes 13 proven programs for increasing muscle tone, releasing tension and stress, and optimizing training and performance in 13 sports, including running, cycling, basketball, soccer, golf, and track and field.The former editor in chief of PowerMag in France, author and illustrator Frédéric Delavier is a journalist for Le Monde du Muscle and a contributor to Men’s Health Germany and several other strength publications. His previous publications, Strength Training Anatomy and Women’s Strength Training Anatomy, have sold more than 2 million copies.
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Stretching Anatomy
Author: Arnold G. Nelson
ISBN-10: 0736059725
ISBN-13: 9780736059725
Published: 2006-11-16
Publisher: Human Kinetics
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See inside every stretch—and maximize flexibility! Stretching Anatomy will arm you with the knowledge to increase range of motion, supplement training, enhance recovery, and maximize efficiency of movement. You'll also gain a detailed understanding of how each stretch affects your body.Stretching Anatomy is like having an X-ray of each stretch, only better. Not only do you see full-color illustrations of the muscles in action, but you also find out how changes in position can alter the muscle emphasis and difficulty and how variations can improve safety and effectiveness. Each exercise includes detailed instruction on how to stretch, when to stretch, primary and secondary muscle emphasis, and which muscles are activated for support. Stretching programs provide three levels of difficulty, including light stretching that can be used as a warm-up or to aid in recovery from soreness or injury. And summary movement tables show how to customize stretching programs to focus on key problem areas.Whether it is increased flexibility or reduced muscle soreness or tension, Stretching Anatomy allows you to see and feel the benefit of proper stretching technique.
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Dynamic Stretching: The Revolutionary New Warm-up Method to Improve Power, Performance and Range of Motion
Author: Mark Kovacs
ISBN-10: 1569757267
ISBN-13: 9781569757260
Published: 2009-12-29
Publisher: Ulysses Press
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RAISE YOUR GAME WITH THIS REVOLUTIONARY STRETCHING PROGRAMToday’s fitness experts have discovered that both stretching and how you stretch can affect how well you perform on the field, court or track. That is why so many top trainers recommend dynamic stretches.Dynamic Stretching teaches how to effectively prepare your body for physical activity while simultaneously improving strength, power, speed, agility and endurance. With more than 50 exercises—fully illustrated with step-by-step photos—this book shows how to take your workouts and abilities to the next level:•Develop full-body range of motion•Enhance full-body motor control•Increase flexibility, balance and muscular endurance•Improve force generation and reaction time•Correct major and minor muscle imbalances
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Full-Body Flexibility - 2nd Edition
Author: Jay Blahnik
ISBN-10: 0736090363
ISBN-13: 9780736090360
Published: 2010-11-02
Publisher: Human Kinetics
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Book Description:
Improve flexibility, balance, and strength in three steps! Only the Full-Body Flexibility system blends the best stretching methods from yoga, Pilates, martial arts, and sports training into stretching sequences for your every need. In this updated edition, you’ll find 175 stretches and 23 routines that will help you take these steps: • Strengthen muscles to support your body and maximize your entire range of motion. • Enhance flexibility by challenging your muscles with multiple techniques. • Balance muscles in opposing muscle groups on both sides of your body. Use the book’s step-by-step instruction and detailed full-color photo sequences to enhance your body’s natural movement, reduce muscular tension, strengthen joints, improve posture, and take your athletic performance to new heights. Whether you’re seeking to improve overall fitness or simply searching for a more effective way to stretch, Full-Body Flexibility is your guide for staying active, healthy, pain free, and injury free.
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The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution: The Slow Motion Exercise That Will Change Your Body in 30 Minutes a Week
Author: Fredrick Hahn
ISBN-10: 0767913868
ISBN-13: 9780767913867
Published: 2002-12-24
Publisher: Crown Archetype
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Book Description:
Join the Slow Burn Fitness Revolution!In The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution, authors of the three-million-copy bestseller Protein Power team up with leading fitness expert Fred Hahn to revolutionize the way America gets strong, lean, and healthy. The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution lays out the accumulating body of scientific evidence that shows the spend-hours-in-the-gym approach to exercise is over. The Slow Burn exercise routine gives great results in just 30 minutes a week. With Slow Burn, you will:*Get strong fast*Increase bone density and ward off osteoporosis*Improve cardiovascular health*Enhance flexibility*Say goodbye to lower back pain*Increase your metabolism, and*Make your body a powerful fat-burning machineSlow Burn promises a leaner, fitter, stronger you with a realistic workout that lets you have a great body and a life!
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Stretching for 50+: A Customized Program for Increasing Flexibility, Avoiding Injury, and Enjoying an Active Lifestyle
Author: Karl Knopf M.D.
ISBN-10: 1569754454
ISBN-13: 9781569754450
Published: 2005-02-10
Publisher: Ulysses Press
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IMPROVE YOUR FLEXIBILITY WITH THE GENTLE, BEGINNER STRETCHES ILLUSTRATED IN THIS BOOKDesigned to meet the unique needs of the 50+ person, the carefully modified stretches in this book are easy to learn and safe to perform at any age. Illustrated with step-by-step photos and explained with clear captions, the stretches in Stretching for 50+ can reverse years of muscle tightening, helping you perform daily activities without pain and enjoy sports and leisure activities without injury.Stretching for 50+ offers customized programs for:•Back pain•Arthritis•Knee problems•Long Drives•Desk fatigue•Shoveling snow•Golf•Jogging•Tennis•Swimming•Skiing•GardeningTo help assist you, many of the movements in Stretching for 50+ use a chair, block, strap, pillow or blanket. The author also includes tips, cautions and techniques for properly performing each stretch.
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Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training (4th Revision ed)
Author: Thomas Kurz
ISBN-10: 0940149451
ISBN-13: 9780940149458
Published: 2003-03-01
Publisher: Stadion Publishing Co
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Use our method to attain maximum height in your kicks and to be able to kick at that height with no warm-up! Learn: * How to stretch safely and quickly to achieve and maintain your maximum flexibility * How to make your muscles grow stronger and longer so you stay flexible all the time * How to do splits even if you are over 40 or 50 * How to kick high and do splits with no warm-up * How to develop each of the three kinds of flexibility—dynamic, static active and static passive—to suit every athlete's needs * What exercises are "no-no's" if you want to stretch your muscles * All the factors limiting flexibility * Brilliantly simple tests of hip joint mobility and muscle length that dispel common misconceptions of what limits flexibility the most
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The Genius of Flexibility: The Smart Way to Stretch and Strengthen Your Body
Author: Bob Cooley
ISBN-10: 0743270878
ISBN-13: 9780743270878
Published: 2005-09-06
Publisher: Touchstone
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Book Description:
Something The World Hasn't Yet Seen -- You Can Forever Be More Flexible. The Technique: RESISTANCE STRETCHING® offers immediate, cumulative, and permanent increases in flexibility, takes the pain out of stretching, and protects you from injuring yourself by overstretching. The Program: THE MERIDIAN FLEXIBILITY SYSTEM® provides stretches for sixteen unique muscle groups with physiological and psychological benefits.
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