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24 of 24 people found the
following review helpful:
I've used this book for
several years in all the sport activities that I
have been involved in. From my teenage years to
my early 30's - I have found the stretches in
this book to be a worthwhile endeavor. The
author provides several stretching routines for
a wide variety of activities. Secondly, there
are drawings, which demonstrate the correct way
to do these stretches. Stretching is an
important part of any exercise regime and this
book helps out by providing a necessary guide to
stretching. The author points out the dangers of
overstretching and gives the reader good advice
for their regimes. |
Stretch
for fitness, July 3, 2000|
119 of 121 people found
the following review helpful:
So everytime I ever talked to a personal trainer, at some point they'd recommend some stretches and give me copies of some pages illustrating the kinds of stretches I should do. My friends who went in for physical therapy also received copies in exactly the same distinctive illustration style. Eventually I found the single source for all of the stretching advice I'd been receiving: Stretching, by Bob and Jean Anderson. This book is amazing. The explanations and drawings of how to do the different stretches make it incredibly easy to stretch well. The descriptions of what it should feel like, what it will feel like if you're not doing it quite right, and how you can correct any problems are always right on target. There are stretches for exercising nearly everything, including some muscles it hadn't occured to me I had. But the most valuable
part of the book, in my opinion, are the
stretching routines designed for everyday and
for specific activities. I wake up in the
morning to the Everyday Stretches routine, and I
start the day feeling fantastic. I follow the
recommended routines before new activites and am
amazed to find that I'm hardly ever sore
anymore. Hooray for Bob and Jean Anderson! |
 Long
time believer, January 2, 2005
I've used this book to
train and help prevent injury with Ski
Patrollers, mountain rescue climbers, and even
fencers. A "must have" for trainers of kids and
active adults, be they, teachers, parents,guides
or coaches. Used as quick reference or in
preparing a complete program this book provides
the necessary information in an easy to
understand and well illustrated format. You
can't go wrong by adding this to your library.
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0 of 1 people found the
following review helpful:
As others have said,
this book is a wonderful title and is worthwhile
to have no matter what you are doing, from
sitting around and just going through daily life
or focusing on a sport or activity. |
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3 of 4 people found the
following review helpful:
I've studied goju ryu
karate for almost ten years now and as a result
have several orthopedic injuries (my knee, neck,
and shoulder). They all make working out rather
hard to do without agrivating injuries for
several days, so I've gotten rather out of shape
and fallen out of karate. |
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2 of 3 people found the
following review helpful:
I'm a computer
programmer, and the pain in my hands had gotten
quite severe, to the point of considering
changing careers. I thought it might be
arthritic, but the doc disagreed, and
"prescribed" this book for me. The three pages
on finger, hand, and office-related stretches
were worth the price of the book to me; 95% of
my pain has cleared up. |
