Stretch to Win

by Ann Frederick, Christopher Frederick

Are you looking for the key to optimal performance? Increased speed, power, and agility? What you need is a complete flexibility training system—one designed for today’s athlete and made up of dynamic stretches that mirror sport-specific movement. And you should also have the skills to assess exactly what your body needs at any time. That complete program is found in Stretch to Win.

In its first edition, Stretch to Win raised the bar for flexibility training. The first edition quickly became a best-selling stretching resource for consumers and professionals alike. From amateur to professional athletes, weekend warriors to Olympians, the benefits were increased mobility, improved range of motion, faster recovery, and more. Now it’s time to raise the bar further. 

This is Stretch to Win, Second Edition. Inside, Ann and Chris Frederick build on their system with the latest research, specific ways to assess yourself, and more stretching options. New illustrations of the body’s fascia will help you assess and identify your imbalances. Then the text will guide you to eliminate these imbalances with corrective stretch movements that quickly improve mobility.

You’ll learn the most effective techniques for your sport, your position, or your event; then you’ll put these techniques into action.

Using the new Stretch to Win fascia mobility assessment (FMA) protocol, you’ll determine range of motion deficits and identify your performance inhibitors. Then, with the stretching matrix, you’ll personalize a program developed for your needs and your goals. You can incorporate the matrix into your existing workout as well as into rest days, when stretching can aid in recovery and bring your body back in balance.

It’s all here—all the tools, all the stretches, and all the instruction to create an effective flexibility program for any sport or activity. If it’s time to increase mobility, power, speed, agility, range of motion, and overall performance, it’s time for Stretch to Win!

Genres: Health, Fitness, Nonfiction, Sports

359 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

Ann Frederick is a former professional dancer, having grown up in her Mom’s dance studio, she started to dance at the age of 4 and first became a dance instructor at 14. She has practiced manual therapy and movement re-education for over 20 years, specifically in the field of flexibility training, assisted individual stretching, group stretch and dance instruction. Ann graduated from ASU in 1997, where she conducted scientific research that demonstrated more successful outcomes with her technique compared to traditional static stretching. Ann originally created a unique system of neuromyofascial manual therapy called Stretch to Win - Fascial Stretch Therapy® (STW-FST®) for the USA Men’s Olympic Wrestling Team of 1996. Besides improving professional athletic performance, she soon discovered that STW-FST also rapidly helped other clients with a variety of chronic, unresponsive pain conditions, strength imbalances and other common neuromusculoskeletal disorders. Ann is a member of The International Association of Structural Integrators.

Reviews

[Alan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful. I've spent quite a bit time with it.

[Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

clear and useful. about the highest praise you can give a technical book written for laypeople.