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Books : Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training (4th Revision ed)In association with Amazon.comby: Thomas Kurz  List Price: $25.99 Amazon.com's Price: $23.39 You Save: $2.60 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 613.7182 EAN: 9780940149458 ISBN: 0940149451 Label: Stadion Publishing Company, Inc. Manufacturer: Stadion Publishing Company, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 214 Publication Date: 2003-03 Publisher: Stadion Publishing Company, Inc. Studio: Stadion Publishing Company, Inc. Sales Rank: 18127 Accessories: Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Use our method to attain maximum height in your kicks and to be able to kick at that height with no warm-up! Learn: * How to stretch safely and quickly to achieve and maintain your maximum flexibility * How to make your muscles grow stronger and longer so you stay flexible all the time * How to do splits even if you are over 40 or 50 * How to kick high and do splits with no warm-up * How to develop each of the three kinds of flexibility—dynamic, static active and static passive—to suit every athlete's needs * What exercises are "no-no's" if you want to stretch your muscles * All the factors limiting flexibility * Brilliantly simple tests of hip joint mobility and muscle length that dispel common misconceptions of what limits flexibility the most Average Rating:
 Rating:  - More and Less that what you needThis book contains a lot more information than you will need to actually stretch. Personally I think that takes away from it in the form of needless details. The book wasn't really organized and after reading it was still trying to figure out what I should actually dp to be able to perform the splits. The author himself says that many people asked him "what do I need to do?" in his previous books and he attempts to correct that here. I think that he falls short once again. The book contains ... Read More Rating:  - Stretching How-To at It's BestThe description of this book is very good, but it doesn't do this book justice. Both the underlying scientific principles of stretching and the mechanics of achieving one's desired flexibility are outstanding. I highly recommend this title to anyone who is flexibility challenged, as I am, and is looking to improve their body in this area. Rating: - Martial Artists' TestimonyBUY! Have been studying Martial Arts for a good 25 years+...(TKD, Judo, Hapkido, Tai Chi, Bagua, Hsing I, Jujitsu...) Never could do the splits nor "high kicks" until reading this book, understanding the physiology (as explained by Kurz)and then developing my own system based on this book. There are no quick and easy solutions out there. So if youre expecting the book to do it all for you...well, sorry...it's not going to happen... Like anything in life...YOU must do the work. But I can ... Read More Rating: - The best book on stretching.I have read over a dozen books on stretching, and own several that I ound useful. Though if I had found this book early on I woould have saved a lot of time. If you want results use this book. Rating: - Another great learning toolAs an amateur contortionist I thought I knew everything about stretching, but I borrowed a friend's copy of Stretching Scientifically and my ego took a blow because I had never even heard of isometric stretching. Once I started applying it I instantly gained more flexibility. East bloc training wins again. I am so glad I came across this book. Browse for similar items by category:
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