The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook

Rating:
Summary: Good things come in small packages
Review: I found out about this handbook from my aerobic instructor. We use the stretch tubing with most of the classes. I immediately searched at Borders bookstore. Couldn't find it. Went online and found and ordered it from Amazon.com. I ordered one for me (a gym junkie who needs a stretch tubing routine for rainy days) and for a friend who works out at home with his home gym. We both agree that the handbook is very useful.

The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook includes exercises that work each part of the body. If you want to maintain a toned figure the handbook is for you. It is not to be used for heavy "stretching".

First there are a dozen stretches listed and displayed by a model. Then the exercises for: chest, shoulders, rotator cuff, back, biceps, triceps, forearms, core, and legs.

The only equipment you will need is stretch tubing (or bands). The handbook explains how to make and use your door attachment.

Each exercise (and stretch) is demonstrated by a model. You don't have to guess about how the movement is executed.

Also, for those body-conscious folks, each exercise explains EXACTLY which muscles you'll work. Example: For the downward chest crossover: muscles worked = anterior deltoid, pectoralis major.

pros:
=low price
=great photos
=small enough to pack in a gym bag
=easy to follow step by step instructions
=general and specific descriptions of muscle groups being worked

cons:
=lots of instructions (for a newbie)

=too small for someone trying to follow along (posters are available)

Rating:
Summary: Good things come in small packages
Review: I found out about this handbook from my aerobic instructor. We use the stretch tubing with most of the classes. I immediately searched at Borders bookstore. Couldn't find it. Went online and found and ordered it from Amazon.com. I ordered one for me (a gym junkie who needs a stretch tubing routine for rainy days) and for a friend who works out at home with his home gym. We both agree that the handbook is very useful.

The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook includes exercises that work each part of the body. If you want to maintain a toned figure the handbook is for you. It is not to be used for heavy "stretching".

First there are a dozen stretches listed and displayed by a model. Then the exercises for: chest, shoulders, rotator cuff, back, biceps, triceps, forearms, core, and legs.

The only equipment you will need is stretch tubing (or bands). The handbook explains how to make and use your door attachment.

Each exercise (and stretch) is demonstrated by a model. You don't have to guess about how the movement is executed.

Also, for those body-conscious folks, each exercise explains EXACTLY which muscles you'll work. Example: For the downward chest crossover: muscles worked = anterior deltoid, pectoralis major.

pros:
=low price
=great photos
=small enough to pack in a gym bag
=easy to follow step by step instructions
=general and specific descriptions of muscle groups being worked

cons:
=lots of instructions (for a newbie)

=too small for someone trying to follow along (posters are available)

Rating:
Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: I teach a group exercise class that uses tubing. I wanted a book to give me some new exercise ideas. This book gives the reader tube exercises--but you have to attach the tube to a doorway! It is not a good a good reference book if you are looking for something to use for a group. If a person were just starting an exercise program at home and wanted a beginners book, this would be OK. Also, for the price it is little more that a pamphlet--kinda a rip. Does have some nice beginners streches and muscle diagrams.

Rating:
Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: I teach a group exercise class that uses tubing. I wanted a book to give me some new exercise ideas. This book gives the reader tube exercises--but you have to attach the tube to a doorway! It is not a good a good reference book if you are looking for something to use for a group. If a person were just starting an exercise program at home and wanted a beginners book, this would be OK. Also, for the price it is little more that a pamphlet--kinda a rip. Does have some nice beginners streches and muscle diagrams.

Rating:
Summary: Physical Therapist You Can Take Home!
Review: Injuring my upper arm and shoulder in a minor motorcycle spill, and refusing to pay $40/hr. for physio-therapy, I needed to find a less expensive alternative. The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook was the ideal guide for me. Using inexpensive tubing at home, I was able to exercise the exact muscle groups required and working slowly through the clear instructions and well demonstrated routines, I now have over 90% of my original mobility back in my left arm and shoulder. I found the section on the Rotator Cuff of particular interest for my application. The guide is colourful, simple to follow and a good value for [the money]-- when you consider I would have spent about $400 going to a clinic. Although I'll never use the latin names for the muscle groups in daily conversation, the body diagrams in the book provided a good review, should I ever need to talk to my Doctor about specific muscles.

Rating:
Summary: Physical Therapist You Can Take Home!
Review: Injuring my upper arm and shoulder in a minor motorcycle spill, and refusing to pay $40/hr. for physio-therapy, I needed to find a less expensive alternative. The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook was the ideal guide for me. Using inexpensive tubing at home, I was able to exercise the exact muscle groups required and working slowly through the clear instructions and well demonstrated routines, I now have over 90% of my original mobility back in my left arm and shoulder. I found the section on the Rotator Cuff of particular interest for my application. The guide is colourful, simple to follow and a good value for [the money]-- when you consider I would have spent about $400 going to a clinic. Although I'll never use the latin names for the muscle groups in daily conversation, the body diagrams in the book provided a good review, should I ever need to talk to my Doctor about specific muscles.