Product Description: Stretching for Functional Flexibility is a reference guide for the safe, effective, and efficient application of stretching exercises to improve range of motion and movement potential. The text provides all of the information necessary to design and implement a safe and effective stretching program. This book also covers the origin, insertion, innervation, and action of each muscle for greater understanding of the larger context of the human musculoskeletal system and biomechanics. Stretching for Functional Flexibility logically begins with the fundamentals needed to understand stretching, then covers basic stretches and stretching programs, and ends with special applications.

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 Har/Pas edition (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078176792X
• ISBN-13: 978-0781767927
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #403,923 in Books

Stretching for Functional Flexibility (Hardcover)

Product Description: Natural Flexibility, a new title by Dr. Charles Kenny, introduces progressive sequential isometrics (PSI for short), a new alternative to traditional stretching, which combines principles of Pilates, Martial Arts, Dance, and Gymnastics into a work-out that allows you to strengthen your body and increase your flexibility simultaneously. Traditional stretching has come under scrutiny recently as a possible contributor to injury in athletes.

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press; 1 edition (November 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578262844
• ISBN-13: 978-1578262847
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #460,395 in Books

Natural Flexibility: The New Risk-Free Alternative to Stretching (Paperback)

Product Description: Books on stretching are common, but The Anatomy of Stretching takes a more fundamental approach than the others, taking the reader inside the body to show exactly what is happening during a stretch. At the heart of the book are 300 full-color illustrations that show the primary and secondary muscles worked in 115 key stretches arranged by body area. Author Brad Walker brings years of expertise—he works with elite-level and world-champion athletes, and lectures on injury prevention—to this how-to guide. He looks at stretching from every angle, including physiology and flexibility; the benefits of stretching; the different types of stretching; rules for safe stretching; and how to stretch properly. Aimed at fitness enthusiasts of any level, as well as at fitness pros, The Anatomy of Stretching also focuses on which stretches are useful for the alleviation or rehabilitation of specific sports injuries.

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books (April 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556435967
• ISBN-13: 978-1556435966
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,105 in Books

The Anatomy of Stretching (Paperback)

Product Description: Louiza Patsis has been working out intermittently since she was nine years old. She first worked out in a gym at her high school St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows, NY. She did not begin to work out regularly in a gym doing cardiovascular work and lifting weights until December 1993. She has not stopped for over 13 years. Ms. Patsis also has a Bachelor's of Arts in Chemistry and Masters of Science in Biology from New York University. She is the President of LP Enterprises. Ms. Patsis in the past has been certified as a personal trainer by the American Council on Exercise, the American College of Sports Medicine and the International Sports Sciences Association.

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (March 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425956750
• ISBN-13: 978-1425956752
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.2 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,362,793 in Books

Pocket Guide to Fitness: All You Need to Know to Start Working Out Effectively (Paperback)

Product Description: As a collegiate hockey player and rower, I didn't think of core training when I moved into [performing] triathlons. Only when I suffered through several injuries that laid me up for almost two years, did I realize that core strength would not only make me faster, but also improve my body's ability to prevent and heal injury. I got started late on the "Tri Power "program last year, but it still enabled me to make Honorable Mention All American in 2006 and, given training splits on the bike, track, and pool, I'm confident I'll be making All American this year-and race more with far fewer injuries.

Tri Power: The Ultimate Strength Training, Core Conditioning, Endurance, and Flexibility Program for Triathlon Success [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)