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5) Stretch
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text describes the many ways to stretch.
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English
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"Connecting the lower spine to the hips and legs, a strong and flexible psoas muscle is vital for everyday movements like walking, bending and reaching, as well as athletic endeavors like jumping for a ball, holding a yoga pose and swinging a golf club. With targeted information and exercises, this book's step-by-step program guarantees you'll transform this vulnerable muscle."--Back cover.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Sport
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Let The Stretching Bible guide you through the key exercises to gain mobility, improve your sporting performance and prevent common muscular injuries. Whatever your age or ability, you'll find a range of stretches suitable for you, clearly organised by body part, including lower leg, back and upper body, to help target key areas of concern. The book also features a series of sports-related stretches aimed at keeping athletes supple, and includes a...
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For those who suffer from aches, pains, and creaky joints, this handy reference shows how to keep the body's skeleton young and healthy. Including a series of stretches, this guide explores how muscles, joints, and bones work, how and why they wear and tear, and how to combat stiffness and pain. Treatments focus on the lower back, thoracic spine, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. Further advice teaches the warning signs...
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English
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A band lined with multiple loops to allow a spectrum of different static and dynamic possibilities, the stretching strap is a staple among trainers and physical therapists. Now this guide brings the benefits of a stretching strap routine right into your living room with 50 exercises that target your personal fitness or rehab goals.
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"--
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Distributed by Naturaljourneys
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
In just 10 minutes a day, 5 days a week, you can stretch, strengthen and tone every muscle in your body. These quick workouts combine traditional strengthening exercises with yoga, ballet/modern dance and bellydance exercises for an interesting, fun and effective workout series.
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Get healthy without getting hurt with this guide to warming up, getting limber, and preventing injury before you exercise.
It doesn't matter if you're a fitness novice or an elite athlete. You should be starting each workout exactly the same way, with a stretching regimen designed to warm up your body and help you achieve a new personal best each time. Without the expertise of a professional trainer and without an expert's understanding of muscle...
18) Ballet beautiful: transform your body and gain the strength, grace, and focus of a ballet dancer
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English
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Ballet-inspired fitness for every woman! You don't have to be a professional ballerina to look like one! With Mary Helen Bowers' Ballet Beautiful, forget beating yourself up in the gym and suffering through starvation diets for some unattainable goal. You can achieve your ideal body and develop the strength, grace, and elegance of a dancer by following Mary Helen's proven program-one that's got everyone from celebrities to busy moms to executives...