Customer Reviews

Stretching For Dummies

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I bought this book because I really was a stretching dummy. After being pretty sedentary for a few years, I have started working out again. I kept getting tightness in my arms and legs that I couldn't figure out how to stretch away. This book has cured that, showing me specific stretches for each area of tightness. Now I know how to stretch after I work out. I've never felt any tightness that this book didn't address.

As a bonus, it even explains why you should be warmed up before you stretch, that you need to hold a stretch for 30 seconds for the most effectiveness, what you need to stretch effectively (a towel wrapped around an extremity will help you stretch what you can't reach), and gives a few specific stretching routines for the office, pregnant women, children, seniors, and those participating in specific sports (basketball, skiing, swimming, and racquet sports). The only actual routine I've used is the office one... mostly I just stretch the muscles I worked.

The reason for the four stars is the organization of the book. It does go through by body region, but curiously doesn't include each stretch in that section. For instance, in the "upper body" area, it includes one chest stretch. But it lists two different ones in the "office" stretch. Why didn't it list all of the chest stretches all together so I could easily try all three to see which one worked best for me? I was able to navigate the book much more easily when I realized there was an index in the back. I looked up "chest" and it gave me the page numbers of all the chest stretches.

Still, all of the photographs were good, the writing was easy to understand, and it resolved my after-workout tightness issue.

My purpose was to do a few streching exercises just before going to bed to release the tension created during the day. There are a lot of exercises in the book to choose and I found their instructions easy to follow.

THIS BOOK GIVE GOOD DETAIL ON CORRECT STRETCHING POSTIONS. WHEN IT COMES TO LEARNING ON HOW TO STRETCH THIS BOOK DOES IT THOROULY. YOU NEED INFORMATION AND THIS BOOK IS IT.

This is a great book for covering stretches for all the places that need it. Also covers why and how we should stretch. A big help.

This book is easy to use as it is divided according to how a person wants to apply their workout. I like it a lot!

This book has a variety of good stretches. They are well explained and well illustrated. They even have a special section on stretches that can be done at your desk.

Like all dummies books, this one breaks the subject matter down in to simple to understand terms.

Book is excellent for those of us who don't have a clue about stretches