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Delavier's Stretching Anatomy

INTRODUCTION Why Stretching? Exercises That Reconnect You With Your Body STRETCHING: A USER'S MANUAL A Natural Method Based On How Your Body Feels, Not How Hard You Push Benefits of Stretching Stretching: A Gentle Form of Exercise Types of Stretching Structuring a Stretching Program Learn How to Breathe! For Effective Breathing. Inhaling and Exhaling Breathe Deeply, but Find a Natural Rhythm Active Breathing External Breathing Pulmonary Breathing Why Athletes Should Stretch Stretching Has Five Benefits for Athletes Too Much Flexibility Can Diminish Performance Athletes Have Four Opportunities to Stretch. How an Athlete Should Stretch Breathing During Stretching . Stretching Unilaterally Stretching to Prevent Problems Associated With Sports THE STRETCHES Neck Stretches Stretches for the Shoulders and Chest Muscles To Prevent Shoulder Pain, Stretch the Infraspinatus Preventing Shoulder Pain in Athletes How to Protect the Infraspinatus Stretches for the Arms and Forearms Stretches for the Lateral Flexor Muscles in the Torso Stretches for the Rotator Muscles in the Torso Stretches to Relax the Back. Preventing Lower Back Pain Relaxing the Spinal Column Stretching the Hips Importance of Hip Flexibility Stretching the Buttocks Stretching the Quadriceps Hamstring Stretches Preventing Hamstring Tears Adductor Stretches Calf Stretches STRETCHING PROGRAMS Stretching Programs for Better Muscle Tone and Well-Being Beginner Program Intermediate Program Advanced Program Stretching Programs for Athletes Guidelines on Programs Basic Athletic Program Program for Golf and Sports Involving Torso Rotation Program for Running Sports, Soccer, and Skating Skiing Program Program for Combat Sports Cycling Program Program for Throwing Sports (Shot Put, Basketball, and Handball) Horseback Riding Program Swimming Program. Bodybuilding Program
ISBN: 9781450413985
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Author Frederic Delavier
Pub Date 10/10/2011
Binding Paperback / softback
Pages 144
Country United States
Dewey 611.73
GBPPrice 18.99
€23.44
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Get an inside view of the muscles in action during every stretch you perform! Delavier's Stretching Anatomy is your guide for increasing flexibility, improving range of motion, toning muscles, and relieving pain and discomfort. The very best stretches for shoulders, chest, arms, torso, back, hips, and legs are all here, and all in the stunning detail that only Frederic Delavier can provide. With over 550 full-color photos and illustrations, you'll go inside more than 130 exercises to see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures and learn how variations, progressions, and sequencing can affect muscle recruitment, the underlying structures, and ultimately the results. Delavier's Stretching Anatomy includes 13 proven programs for increasing muscle tone, releasing tension and stress, and optimizing training and performance in 13 sports, including running, cycling, basketball, soccer, golf, and track and field.The former editor in chief of PowerMag in France, author and illustrator Frederic Delavier is a journalist for Le Monde duMuscle and a contributor to Men's Health Germany and several other strength publications. His previous publications, Strength Training Anatomy and Women's Strength Training Anatomy, have sold more than 2 million copies.
Get an inside view of the muscles in action during every stretch you perform! Delavier's Stretching Anatomy is your guide for increasing flexibility, improving range of motion, toning muscles, and relieving pain and discomfort. The very best stretches for shoulders, chest, arms, torso, back, hips, and legs are all here, and all in the stunning detail that only Frederic Delavier can provide. With over 550 full-color photos and illustrations, you'll go inside more than 130 exercises to see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures and learn how variations, progressions, and sequencing can affect muscle recruitment, the underlying structures, and ultimately the results. Delavier's Stretching Anatomy includes 13 proven programs for increasing muscle tone, releasing tension and stress, and optimizing training and performance in 13 sports, including running, cycling, basketball, soccer, golf, and track and field.The former editor in chief of PowerMag in France, author and illustrator Frederic Delavier is a journalist for Le Monde duMuscle and a contributor to Men's Health Germany and several other strength publications. His previous publications, Strength Training Anatomy and Women's Strength Training Anatomy, have sold more than 2 million copies.
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