Full-body flexibility

Improve flexibility, balance, and strength in three steps! Only the Full-Body Flexibility system blends the best stretching methods from yoga, Pilates, martial arts, and sports training into stretching sequences for your every need. In this updated edition, you'll find 175 stretches and 23 routines that will help you take these steps: - Strengthen muscles to support your body and maximize your entire range of motion. - Enhance flexibility by challenging your muscles with multiple techniques. - Balance muscles in opposing muscle groups on both sides of your body. Use the book's step-by-step instruction and detailed full-color photo sequences to enhance your body's natural movement, reduce muscular tension, strengthen joints, improve posture, and take your athletic performance to new heights. Whether you're seeking to improve overall fitness or simply searching for a more effective way to stretch, Full-Body Flexibility is your guide for staying active, healthy, pain free, and injury free.

Release unhealthy tension and tightness from your muscles with an advanced stretching system tailored to how you move! The Full-Body Flexibility system blends the best stretching methods from yoga, Pilates, martial arts, and sports training into stretching sequences that

 

         challenge muscles with multiple techniques to attain maximum flexibility,

         strengthen muscles so that they can support the body throughout specific moves in the entire range of motion, and

         balance muscles equally in opposing muscle groups and on both sides of the body.

 

Stretch sequences are organized by body region and by type of movement so that you can quickly find a flexibility workout for performance, specific muscle relief, or recovery; or you can customize a sequence to your own special needs.

Team physician, co-chairman, Sports Medicine Committee United States Diving - Benjamin D. Rubin

Jay Blahnik's extensive knowledge and teaching experience are evident in the concise and accurate descriptions of the goals and techniques of the various stretches. This unique book should improve the performance of recreational and competitive athletes and enhance the comfort of nonathletes while they perform daily activities.

Title Page 1 Copyright Page 2 Dedication 3 Contents 4 Stretch Finder 6 Preface 14 Acknowledgments 16 Part I: Total-Body Stretch System 17 Chapter 1: Stretching Basics 19 Chapter 2: Three-Step Stretch System 25 Part II: Regions of Flexibility 35 Chapter 3: Neck, Shoulders, Arms, and Hands 37 Chapter 4: Chest, Back, and Abdominals 67 Chapter 5: Glutes, Hips, and Inner Thighs 97 Chapter 6: Quadriceps and Hamstrings 125 Chapter 7: Calves, Shins, and Feet 145 Chapter 8: Multiregion Stretches 167 Chapter 9: Sport Mobility Stretches 201 Part III: Fitness and Sport Routines 223 Chapter 10: General Stretch Routines 225 Chapter 11: Sport Stretch Routines 247 Chapter 12: Specialty Stretch Routines 263 About the Author 271 Ad 272 Describes a total body routine designed to help people build muscle flexibility, strength, and balance, and includes specific routines for fitness and sports. Includes photographic sequences. Abstract: Describes a total body routine designed to help people build muscle flexibility, strength, and balance, and includes specific routines for fitness and sports. Includes photographic sequences Develop flexibility, balance, and strength for improved performance on the athletic field, in fitness class, and in daily life. Premier fitness instructor and author Jay Blahnik blends the best of yoga, Pilates, martial arts, and sport training to create stretching sequences that can be used for warm-up, cool-down, and challenging fitness workouts.