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Summary: Great book on stretching for everyone
Review: This is a great book on stretching. It offers pictures and explanations on every different exercise. Furthermore, it provides a stretching workout for almost every sport and situation. The book's main focus is on dynamic stretching and it doesn't go into different methods that can be more efficient(ex: Propioceptive neuromuscular facilitation), but it remains a great book for all. I am a health care practitionner and I find this book great because it is easy for me to show my patients different workouts for their individual needs!!
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Summary: A Gentle Approach to Stretching
Review: This is a new edition of a wonderful book that just got much better. The drawings continue to be simple and easy to follow and I think the popularity of the book over the years is that there are stretching routines, so you can do a series of stretches (while watching TV, or before taking a run for example) by looking (and maybe photocopying) just one page.It's a gentle approach, easy to follow. I notice one of the reviews refers to Pavel Tsatsouline's book Beyond Stretching. Believe me, the latter is the pedal-to-the-medal tough guy approach that's not appropriate for stretching, or the average person, and could get people injured. Keep it up, Bob Anderson, you're the people's stretching guru.
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Summary: "Stretching by Bob Anderson is a great book!!!"
Review: This is an excellent book about stretching!! All exercises in this book are easy to perform, can be done without warm up and give great results. I have tried several different stretching methodes, but I prefer Andersons type of stretching!
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Summary: This is an excellent book on a neglected topic
Review: This is an incredibly useful book on a neglected exercise topic. Writer Anderson has a very lucid style that makes it easy to do the stretches right; artist Anderson's drawings are amusing and helpful. Their 10 minute program of pre- and post-running stretches are ab-fab. If your body doesn't seem to like running, you must check this out!
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Summary: One Of The Best Books On The Subject
Review: This is one of the finest exercise books ever produced. Has many easy to understand drawings and healthy philosophies about stretching. Many stretches can be applied to a number of different situations, even the workplace! One drawback of the book is that many of these series of stretches take a lot of time. However, these stretches are well balanced, especially the ones that are used as warm up activities.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: This is the best book I've ever read about stretching. The book starts off by explaining the importance of stretching and some common over looked areas. Such as back pain due to not stretching you hamstrings. The book then breaks down stretches by body parts. The diagrams not only show the correct way but also show the incorrect ways the stretch is done. But the best part is the routines that the author put together at the end of the book. The author put in common stretching routines for everything from daily stretches to sports, travel, and problem area stretch routines. By far the best book about stretching that I've ever read!
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Summary: Stretching: 20th Anniversary
Review: This is the second copy of this book I've owned. I owned the first publication 20 years ago and lost it along the way. Being older now, I've rediscovered the benefits of stretching and this book is the best I've seen. I've even adapted the stretches for use in the water. The illustrations are very easily understood and the instructions are easy to understand. You don't need to be a athlete to enjoy it.
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Summary: Don't buy this book.
Review: This method of stretching is not the best way to get flexible and relieve pain or whatever you're trying to do. It is about relaxed stretching, the actual lengthening of your muscles. Everyone is already capable of doing the splits, their body just doesn't know it yet(your muscles are plenty long enough already). You do not need to stretch anything. You must make your nervous system believe it's safe to move into that new position. It is also dangerous because it messes with your stretch reflex. Check out Pavel Tsatsouline's book Beyond Stretching. This Russian knows much more than Bob. Trust me.
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Summary: Pretty Good But Could Be Better
Review: When I bought this book , I wanted a good book on static stretching. This book fills the bill -- sort of. It has a number of useful stretches. It also groups the stretches in several different ways (by body area, by activity, by time of day). However, it has some noticeable deficincies. The drawings of the stretches are hard to interpret and often inaccurate. The instructions for the stretches are often sketchy; they don't always tell you what you are trying to stretch and how to know whether you're doing the stretch right (or wrong). I got past most of these problems successfully (I think) but it took time and experimentation. I hope that the new 20th anniversary edition of this book has corrected some of the problems above (I hear that many of the drawings have been replaced by photographs). If so, consider buying it.
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Summary: Really useful book
Review: While doing PT for a knee injury I got this book. When my therapist saw it she asked me to get her a copy too. She said it is a great book and her old copy is wearing out - plus this one has a bunch of new stretches in it. Fabulous book for learning to safely keep limber and reverse some of the aspects of aging joints.
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