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By Brad Walker Ultimate Guide to Stretching & Flexibility (Handbook) (3rd Third Edition) [Spiral-bound]
The Ultimate Guide to Stretching & Flexibility is the book you keep with you wherever you go. It's an easy-to-use, quick reference guide for anybody involved in health, fitness and sporting activities. Written to minimize the likelihood of sports injury and increase athletic performance, it gives coaches, trainers, athletes and fitness enthusiasts a complete reference handbook to assist with the planning and implementation of their training and rehabilitation sessions.
The Ultimate Guide to Stretching & Flexibility includes 144 pages in a convenient A5 size (5.8 x 8.3 inches or 148mm x 210mm), featuring 150 photos of 135 unique stretching exercises. Chapter 1 provides a basic overview of physiology, fitness and flexibility. The many benefits of stretching are outlined in chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 4 details the different types of stretching. While stretching guidelines (i.e., rules and "how to") are presented in chapters 5 and 6. Chapter 7 deals specifically with flexibility testing. While the final chapter and ultimate strength of the book, contains 135 photographs of each stretch with step-by-step instructions.
A unique spiral binding allows the book to lay flat without closing on itself, which means you don't have to hold the book open with one hand while you're trying to do the stretches.
The author, Brad Walker, is a Health Science graduate of the University of New England and has postgraduate accreditation's in athletics, swimming and triathlon coaching. He has coached elite level and world champion athletes from sports as diverse as triathlon, motor cycle racing, roller skating, squash and baseball, and has lectured extensively on sports injury prevention and rehabilitation.
The Ultimate Guide to Stretching & Flexibility includes 144 pages in a convenient A5 size (5.8 x 8.3 inches or 148mm x 210mm), featuring 150 photos of 135 unique stretching exercises. Chapter 1 provides a basic overview of physiology, fitness and flexibility. The many benefits of stretching are outlined in chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 4 details the different types of stretching. While stretching guidelines (i.e., rules and "how to") are presented in chapters 5 and 6. Chapter 7 deals specifically with flexibility testing. While the final chapter and ultimate strength of the book, contains 135 photographs of each stretch with step-by-step instructions.
A unique spiral binding allows the book to lay flat without closing on itself, which means you don't have to hold the book open with one hand while you're trying to do the stretches.
The author, Brad Walker, is a Health Science graduate of the University of New England and has postgraduate accreditation's in athletics, swimming and triathlon coaching. He has coached elite level and world champion athletes from sports as diverse as triathlon, motor cycle racing, roller skating, squash and baseball, and has lectured extensively on sports injury prevention and rehabilitation.
144 pages, Spiral-bound
First published October 6, 2013
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November 18, 2020
Fixed my 3 injuries. I am so glad!!!
December 28, 2021
Excellent book, puts into perspective the importance of stretching routines and how in long term executions they impact the performance of the athlete, furthermore it explains how, when and by whom such stretches may be performed, either for the athlete, layman or the injured person.
The last chapter contains a selection of top stretches for each sport and a list of stretches recommended for specific injuries which is very neat, in the other hand the book recommends having 3 stretch sessions a day, and specific stretches before and after training for a specific sport, furthermore adds the stretching as part of the general warmup and cool down of the athlete.
The benefits of stretching are important and very useful not only for athletes but for a general healthy lifestyle.
The last chapter contains a selection of top stretches for each sport and a list of stretches recommended for specific injuries which is very neat, in the other hand the book recommends having 3 stretch sessions a day, and specific stretches before and after training for a specific sport, furthermore adds the stretching as part of the general warmup and cool down of the athlete.
The benefits of stretching are important and very useful not only for athletes but for a general healthy lifestyle.
January 30, 2023
Decent Read
Decent read, but, The intro is too long before getting into the actual business. The author should have mentioned the stretches but haven't mentioned which actual sub-muscle group is getting involved in that particular exercise.
Decent read, but, The intro is too long before getting into the actual business. The author should have mentioned the stretches but haven't mentioned which actual sub-muscle group is getting involved in that particular exercise.
March 2, 2016
The value of book will highly depend on what you are looking for. I wanted a rough guidance how to conduct stretching and especially inspiration for possible stretching exercises for each muscle group. That is area where this book is very good. What you don't find here are physiological details or some scientific proofs how stretching will affect your performance. The book represents only experience and opinions of the author.
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