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"""The American Running and Fitness Association has been recommending Sport Stretch since it first came out. This new edition is even better. Alter provides a smorgasbord of stretches, so it's easy to find one that works for you. No matter what your sport is, Alter can help your flexibility, and possibly your performance."""
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Contains background information on flexibility, including basic principles of stretching and body responses during stretching. Readers will discover what causes muscle soreness, how increased flexibility leads to better performance and reduces injury, and how they can limber up and play their best.
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"""The American Running and Fitness Association has been recommending Sport Stretch since it first came out. This new edition is even better. Alter provides a smorgasbord of stretches, so it's easy to find one that works for you. No matter what your sport is, Alter can help your flexibility, and possibly your performance."""
Susan Kalish
Former Executive Director
American Running and Fitness Association
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Product Description
Contains background information on flexibility, including basic principles of stretching and body responses during stretching. Readers will discover what causes muscle soreness, how increased flexibility leads to better performance and reduces injury, and how they can limber up and play their best.
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Flexibility is the ability to move muscles and joints through their full ranges of motion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contracting your quadriceps, round your upper torso, lower your upper torso, lightweight barbell, lower your trunk, interlock your hands, flex one knee, partner anchors, active flexibility, passive flexibility, inverse myotatic reflex, toes pointing backward, flex one leg, hips squared, lightweight dumbbell, lower your chest, flex your knees, arch your lower back, partner grasps, body with one hand, buttocks off the floor, active stretching, raise your legs, dynamic stretching, excessive flexion New!
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Flexibility is the ability to move muscles and joints through their full ranges of motion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contracting your quadriceps, round your upper torso, lower your upper torso, lightweight barbell, lower your trunk, interlock your hands, flex one knee, partner anchors, active flexibility, passive flexibility, inverse myotatic reflex, toes pointing backward, flex one leg, hips squared, lightweight dumbbell, lower your chest, flex your knees, arch your lower back, partner grasps, body with one hand, buttocks off the floor, active stretching, raise your legs, dynamic stretching, excessive flexion New!
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