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List Price: $19.95Amazon.com's Price: $13.57 You Save: $6.38 (32%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Brand: Human Kinetics
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7182
EAN: 9780736055291
ISBN: 0736055290
Label: Human Kinetics Publishers
Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 250
Publication Date: June 30, 2006
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Sales Rank: 84782
Studio: Human Kinetics Publishers
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Ideal for competitive athletes and their coaches. This is an advanced stretching book combining scientific background information with practical application, exercise progressions and programmes. It provides a complete training tool for athlete and coaches that will enhance athleticism, speed, strength, agility and quickness, whatever their sport; and features exercises and stretching programmes that can be adapted to individual needs, as well as sport specific stretches.
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I have just recieved this book a few weeks ago...its not a simple this is what you do book....but it goes into the hows and why of everything...highly recommended
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This book basically just introduces a different way of doing the stretching movement and coordinating it with your breathing. It's not a radically different approach. Certainly not as different as doing isometric stretches or PNF stretches for those who have only done static stretching in the past. The book's biggest failure would be its lack of information on developing your own sport specific program. From reading the book's description of itself, one gets the impression that you could develop ... Read More
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I found myself being the guy doing always the same boring and not always so useful old-school stretching routines. This book had enough science and experience in its background, so it was a thrust-worthy starting point to read. The presentation covers in an understandable way stretching principles, self-evaluation, sport-specific needs and different techniques. And of course, how to customize your own program. As a jumper (high, triple) I have got a lot of new tips in adding flexibility in my problematic ... Read More
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Over the years it has become a standard mantra that people should "stretch" to help performance and prevent injuries. On the other hand, recent research has cast doubts on the usefulness of "stretching."
This book provides a good resolution to the stretching dilemma. It recasts "stretching" as a series of fluid, wave-like activities for improving mobility opposing the old "stretch and hold" protocol that so many of us have struggled with for years. The movements are performed in synchronization ... Read More
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This book provides:
1. A systematic approach for identifying your movement restrictions and designing a program to resolve them
2. Clear instruction on effective stretching, with a focus on developing the right combination of mobility and stability
3. Specific guidelines for incorporating soft tissue work with a therapy ball into your exercise program
My personal experience applying just the stretching guidelines has been the following:
1. My hips ... Read More
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