The Anatomy of Exercise and Movement: For the Study of Dance, Pilates, Sport and Yoga

by Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones

Anatomy of Exercise and Movement serves as a bridge between biomechanics and the practice of sport, Pilates, yoga, and dance, providing the reader with a complete understanding of how the body functions while exercising.

Genres: Nonfiction, Fitness, Health, Grad School

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2010

Reviews

[Michaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book really helpful. I wanted a book about anatomy related to exercise and in particular yoga, running and dance and this book is just the thing! The illustrations are good and each chapter also has stretches and strengthening exercises relating to the area of the body featured in the chapter. Also, each chapter has a helpful ‘myths dispelled’ section. I had little precious knowledge on anatomy and I feel I have a much better understanding of how my body works and it is pretty awesome! It’s fun when I’m doing exercises to think about the muscle groups I’m working and how my body is working to achieve movements. Also, more importantly, it has made me aware of how I can avoid injury and improve my form on exercises, to target particular muscles for stretching/ strengthening. I shall be keeping this on my book shelf as a resource to come back to for reference.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book of its kind that I've read and while I really enjoyed it I have a hard time giving it 5 stars because I don't have any comparisons. The book is comprised of about 10 sections, with the first being an overview of positioning (say, dorsal and ventral or adduction and abduction) and then each chapter goes into much more detail with the muscles and bones for different parts of the body, as well as exercises to both strengthen and stretch them.

[Michaela Aerial · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful source of basic information for anyone who wants to better understand movement mechanics and basic anatomy. Absolutely need for anyone who works in sport, dance, yoga, fitness. Written in very clear way, easy to understand also for people without medical or PT education

[Meg]

A good overview of the movement muscles of the body and how they work together with joints and ligaments. Exercise examples for each section include Pilates, ballet, yoga, and weightlifting.

[Katya Rossokhata · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book focuses very little on dancing, more on pilates and yoga, in its examples. Detailed pictures (not often clear though) however somewhat superficial and often unclear because in terms of explanations. Honestly I'd recommend getting a much more detailed kinesiology book, as this one is somewhere between and introduction and an actual manual, being really bad at either of the two. It is bad as an introductory book as it goes into too much detail and bad as a manual cbecause many thongs are not explained at all or poorly explained. Would probably work best if you have some general basic knowledge of kinesiology and muscle anatomy and want to get more details in movements more specific to pilates, ballet and yoga