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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.


Contents:

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


PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN-13: 9781450413985
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Publication date: October, 2011
Pages: 144
Weight: 567g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Anatomy, Biomechanics

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