Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training

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UPC:
9780940149458
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
3/1/2003
Author:
Thomas Kurz
Language:
english
Edition:
4th
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Product Overview

The fourth edition of Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training teaches:

  • 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