Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training

Kurz, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0940149451 / ISBN 13: 9780940149458

Published by Stadion Pub, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to ...

Publisher: Stadion Pub

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Edition: 4th Edition

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Synopsis:

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

From the Publisher:

The fourth edition of STRETCHING SCIENTIFICALLY, A Guide to Flexibility Training (copyright 2003), by Thomas Kurz, is now available from Stadion Publishing Inc. Improved layout and more photos enhance the most up-to-date science explained in practical terms for athletes, instructors, and coaches.

As always, flexibility expert Kurz stresses the correct sequences of exercises and stretches that make up his safest and fastest stretching method. If you teach others, you must know this method. "You have to know when to do which stretch to get the most out of it," Kurz said. "It is like putting on your socks and shoes--what goes on first makes a lot of difference!"

The "Questions and Answers" chapter is bigger and divided into sections such as Injuries and Stretching, Pain or Soreness and Stretching, Age and Stretching, What and When, Sounds In and Around Joints. Kurz also includes a simple test that will let you test your flexibility potential.