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1) Stretching
Author
Language
English
Description
"Stretching is the most popular fitness book in the world, having sold over 3ℓ million copies in 40 years. It has been translated into 23 languages. In this new edition there are stretches for improving the bad posture attributable to cell phone usage ("tech neck"), and for people using computers. It features stretching routines specific to a variety of people, including sports enthusiasts, travelers, children, gardeners, and people in wheelchair"--...
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Stretching is an excellent way for exercisers of all fitness levels to relieve stress and back pain, strengthen and condition abdominals, lengthen muscles, increase circulation, and improve posture and flexibility. Fitness expert Tonya Larson created Power Stretch and Sculpt to flow seamlessly from meditative and relaxing stretching into more challenging strengthening and sculpting exercises.
4) Stretching
Author
Series
Publisher
Alpha, a member of the Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This guide helps people of all ages and ranges of health perform safe and healthy stretching exercises.
Author
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This proven program used by today's top athletes, coaches, trainers, and therapists will improve flexibility, reduce injury, and optimize performance. The new edition includes the latest research, new flexibility assessments, new stretching matrix, and dozens of the most effective stretches to personalize a program for any athlete, sport, or event.
Author
Publisher
Vergara
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
El revolucionario programa de estiramientos de la reina de los splits, cuyos beneficios ya conocen un mil̤ln y medio de personas en Ja̤pn. Este programa de cuatro semanas reivindica los sorprendentes beneficios que tiene para la salud hacer apenas cinco minutos al ̕da de unos estiramientos concretos llamados splits. Convertido en un fe̤nmeno de masas en Ja̤pn, este libro, tan ͠til como sencillo, nos ensęa a mejorar la circulac̤in, evitar lesiones...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Crave yoga's benefits--but feel afraid to look "weird?" Think yoga requires you to look like a pretzel? Now there's a friendly, full-color, hand-holding, one-step-at-a-time, few-minutes-a-day way to get started. It meets you right where you are, with three different approaches to fit your needs. Instant Yoga gets you going immediately with 15 practice sessions for any time of the day, even when there's only a few minutes to spare. Run through a sequence...
Author
Publisher
Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
With the aid of beautiful illustrations and easy-to-access organization, teacher and licensed massage therapist Bob Doto teaches you how and what to stretch to reclaim your power and well-being -- including 60 specific stretches spanning from your head to your toes. Stretching is accessible to anyone, is quick and easy, can be done in most environments, and has proven to relieve pain, increase rates of recovery, as well as help manage stress and anxiety....
13) Cool yoga tricks
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Although it seems like everyone from Madonna to your eighty-three-year-old Uncle Teddy is practicing yoga, most of us are unable to do even the simplest classic yoga poses without undue stress and strain. Now in this clear, understandable, easy-to-follow book, Miriam Austin offers alternative yoga routines that help you reap the greatest rewards from your yoga practice, and she reveals shortcuts to help you perform yoga like a pro. Using everyday...
Author
Publisher
Thunder Bay Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This beginners' guide to yoga from internationally renowned AcroYoga instructors Max and Liz Lowenstein will help you get started on your journey no matter your age, body type, or experience. More than 40 essential poses are featured, each with beginner, intermediate, and advanced positions so that you can gradually increase your flexibility and balance. Also included is information about basic equipment, breathing techniques, and lifestyle tips...
Author
Language
English
Description
Just ten minutes a day of these modified stretches is guaranteed to help you improve your mobility without pain or injury. Stretching for 50+ is filled with safe, easy routines for any age. Learn warm-ups and cool-downs, use tools like a strap, therapy balls and foam rollers, and discover plenty of other fitness tips to keep you moving.
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Gain strength and mobility while living a pain-free life at any age using this revolutionary technique created by former ballerina, New York Times bestselling author, and star of PBS's Classical Stretch Miranda Esmonde-White"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Language
English
Description
"Prescriptive Stretching, 2E, includes instructions and illustrations for features full-color illustrations and instructions for 69 stretches to improve flexibility and reduce pain. Partner stretches and ball self-massage exercises have been added to this edition. It also includes 10 programs to address different body areas"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Whether you spend your days running marathons or slouching over a keyboard, you can benefit from stretching and the increased flexibility that comes along with it. With only 5 minutes of targeted stretching a day, you will experience a host of health benefits, such as: better circulation, fewer joint injuries, toned muscles, improved balance, and much more! With world-renowned yoga teacher Eiko's revolutionary program, people of any age and fitness...
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