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Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training (4th Revision ed)
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$25.99
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$23.39
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Manufacturer: Stadion Publishing Company, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey 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.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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
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Customer Rating:
Summary: More and Less that what you need
Comment: This 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 a lot of examples of stretching and leaves out some basic. I still found myself attempting to put together some kind of routine. This involved taking out some paper and flipping back and forth through the book.
The author gives lots of examples but says far more general things like. "these kinds" for before your routine, and "ones like this" or "some of these" for after.
What I was looking for when I bought the book was what do I need to do to be able to do the splits? I wanted a system, something that would tell me do this, then this, then this. A list of the exact stretches (or examples of different ones) I needed to do, with guidance for how long, and an order to perform them.
That is not what you will get with this book. You'll get lots of examples with more concept and ideas that actual guidance.
I understand that everyone is different and what works for one will not necessarily work for another, but I'm a very active physical person, and have been all my life, and I still didn't get much out of this book other than a few new stretches to incorporate into what I was already doing.
The author does know what he's talking about, though.
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Summary: Stretching How-To at It's Best
Comment: The 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.
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Summary: Martial Artists' Testimony
Comment: BUY!
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 honestly say (I'm 37 yrs old) that my overall flexibility, my side and front splits! are completely the result of Kurzs' scientific lessons on stretching...
Before, I would stretch and stretch for hours on end with steadily DIMINISHING results...Now I do my 8-minute dynamic stretching routine in the morning...and can kick to Max High within the hour and then for the rest of the day! It's an old book and the layout is kinda funky...(hence the lack of 5 stars)...But the results I've obtained merit 10 STARS.
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Summary: The best book on stretching.
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Another great learning tool
Comment: As 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.
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