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flexibility and sports massage improve flexibility with detailed illustrations of muscles in action stretching anatomy hits the market as the only book that provides fully detailed anatomical illustrations of each muscle activated during any given stretch flexibility is an important component of overall fitness and strength so this book is a perfect complement to the bestselling strength training anatomy and women s strength training anatomy which have sold more than 600,000 copies combined like these titles stretching anatomy is akin to having a full-color x-ray for every stretch starting at the neck and working all the way down to the feet stretching provides numerous benefits including improved flexibility stamina and muscular strength and reduced muscle soreness this book shows detailed instruction on changes in position to alter the muscle emphasis and difficulty and variations to improve safety and effectiveness tables that detail joint movement round out each chapter summarizing all of the muscles depicted along with the actions these muscles generate at the various joints in turn readers can create targeted routines for performance warm-up soreness or injury recovery stretching anatomy is the must-have resource for fitness enthusiasts athletes and health professionals looking to maximize their stretching routines stretching anatomy arnold g nelson phd and jouko kokkonen phd ©2007 · paperback · 160 pp isbn 978-0-7360-5972-5 $19.95 24.95 cdn £13.99 uk 20.99 euro $41.90 nz t be flexible to train and perform your best for more than a decade the stretch to win system has proven its championship form elite athletes from several sports have benefited from this flexibility training method now this same performance-enhancing stretching system is available to all coaches athletes trainers and therapists in stretch to win the scientifically based program starts with evaluation tools that readers can use to create a personal flexibility assessment based on that evaluation they can then create a customized stretching matrix that optimally trains the muscles and connective tissue most pivotal to performance in their sport position or event the exercises progressions and programs in stretch to win will bolster athletes performance more important the dynamic flexibility they develop through this training system will allow them to push their bodies to the limit and excel in modern sports competition stretch to win ann and chris frederick ©2006 · paperback · 264 pp isbn 978-0-7360-5529-1 $19.95 24.95 cdn £13.99 uk 20.99 euro $41.90 nz t new version savvy stretch coach version 2.0 savvy knowledge systems corp ©2007 · cd-rom for windows and macintosh isbn 978-0-9735397-0-7 · $49.95 68.95 cdn £39.95 uk incl vat 53.95 euro $105.00 nz sport stretch second edition michael j alter ms ©1998 · paperback · 232 pp isbn 978-0-88011-823-1 · $17.95 22.95 cdn £13.99 uk 20.99 euro $37.90 nz t teaching flexibility video human kinetics ©1997 · video isbn 978-0-88011-776-0 $29.95 38.95 cdn pal version is not available flexibility for sports and fitness video human kinetics ©1997 · video · 40 min isbn 978-0-88011-694-7 · $24.95 31.95 cdn pal version isbn 978-0-88011-694-7 £19.99 uk incl vat 29.99 euro $52.90 nz stretching/flexibility posters set human kinetics ©1997 · isbn 978-0-88011-805-7 $29.95 38.95 cdn £25.99 uk incl vat 38.99 euro $62.90 nz each poster is available separately visit our web site for details 800 747-4457 us · 800 465-7301 cdn · 44 0 113-255-5665 uk · 09 448-1207 nz 27

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