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Summary: Excellent Stretching Guide!
Review: "Stretching" is a fantastic book that will meet the needs of just about everyone - from the desk worker who wants to get a bit more blood flow to the cranium, to the sports and exercise enthusiast who participates in a wide variety of activities. Perhaps the only audience the book would miss is the hard-core athlete or sports physiologist.The book begins with a down-to-earth introduction and then spends a good amount of time on dozens and dozens of different stretches. These are broken down by what part of the body is getting the benefit of the stretch, such as legs, hips, wrists, etc. These exercises are then combined into 18 various "every day" stretching routines, such as a morning or evening routine, desk stretches, stretches to help lower back tension, etc. Following this are 35 routines for various sports activities. Each stretch is clearly illustrated with an illustration, and each routine has a summary that shows miniature illustrations for the exercises in the routine. This is a great book, and will give you some good ideas for different stretches.
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Summary: Stretching
Review: A basic reference book of stretching exercises used to stretch different body-areas before and after sports and/or daily activities. The pictures are very well-done and are especially descriptive with arrows illustrating clearly the correct movement when doing the stretch. My favorite 2 pages in the book are "Everyday Stretches" used for 10-15 min per day to fine-tune your muscles and reduce stress. These daily exercises are clearly outlined with pictures and can easily be completed once a day even with a busy lifestyle!
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Summary: My Chiropractor Recommends This Book
Review: An excellent book! The stretches are described and illustrated in a way that enables even the most inflexible reader to do them. Several stretches are shown for each area of the body, then routines for different activities such as running, bicycling, walking, or even watching TV (!) are shown. This book was extremely helpful to me not only in my chiropractic treatment, but also in my new walking program. You'll be amazed at how much better you feel after a few simple stretches. I have recommended this book to many people, and do so again here.
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Summary: Small Efforts Pay Big Reward!
Review: As a classroom teacher, I find the specific stretches for different sports a big help in PE. In my personal life, the skiiing stretches done twice a day six weeks before the big trip completely saved my shins! And now that my husband and I are aging, driving long hours, and performing "seated" jobs, the am/pm stretches are a comfort and a relief! This book is a must for all.
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Summary: Book Used By World Class Trainer For Many Years
Review: As a world class trainer and Olympic level coach, Anderson's book on stretching is a must if you are to maximize your physical potential. The exercises are simple to follow, extremely effective in preventing injuries as well as helping the athlete become the best that he can be. This book is also a must for the everyday person looking for answers in this quest for physical health..
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: As others have said, this book is a wonderful title and is worthwhile to have no matter what you are doing, from sitting around and just going through daily life or focusing on a sport or activity.
It is laid out well, with clear instruction and you can find a strech for pretty much anything.
As in any physical endeavor it takes time to feel results, so remember to be careful and not force yourself into a stretch if it is new to you or your feel tightness anywhere.
I recommend this to people I see so they have a quick reference for items that will help them rehab injuries.
On reviewer mentioned that a spiral bound version would be nice tohave, and I agree. But that slight shortcoming does not take away from this book.
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Summary: pretty good
Review: Excellent content. Many stretches, reasonably well-organized, and displayed using simple diagrams.What I don't like- There are many effective stretches that aren't included. Especially: Isometric Stretching is not mentioned. Isometric stretching is considered (at least by the author of "Warrior Speed") to be by far the most effective way to increase your flexibility. It seems kind of ridiculous to me that it isn't covered in this book. Overall its a great book, although you'll find plenty of info elsewhere that is not covered by this book. (Therefore it shouldn't be considered a *complete* guide to stretching IMHO.) A large section of this book is dedicated to sports-specific stretches, but you'll probably find this section almost useless compared to other books specific to your sport of choice.
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Summary: stiff seamstress
Review: I am a 60 year old seamstress and one of my clients recommended Bob anderson's book on stretching. I was so stiff at the end of the day I was often in pain. This book is wonderful, I started with the stretches for after sitting on pg. 118 and now I also do the stretches for over 60. I felt better after one week and now 3 months later I intend to keep on stretching forever. Anyone who sits all day should check out this book.
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Summary: Perfect!!!!!
Review: I am a martial artist and flexibility is essential for me. This type of stretching is comfortable and give good results. I highly recomending this book!!!!
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Summary: Stretching for normal people
Review: I am a massage therapist who is frequently recommending to clients that they incorporate more stretching into their lives. This is the book I point them to if they ask for a reference. It shows you various stretches for all parts of your body. It also combines those stretches in more than 30 routines for different parts of the day and almost two dozen sports and activities. The strength of this book is two-fold: first, the illustrations are simple but detailed enough to be useful (something that a lot of books don't accomplish) and, second, the text is clear, easy to follow, and friendly. The author understands that most of us need to stretch and don't stretch nearly enough. No guilt trips, no technical terminology, no unreasonable expectations. This book is written for the general public and also for athletes. I use it myself and recommend it comfortably.
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