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"Whether you spend your days running marathons or slouching over a keyboard, you can benefit from stretching and the increased flexibility that comes along with it. With only 5 minutes of targeted stretching a day, you will experience a host of health benefits, such as: better circulation, fewer joint injuries, toned muscles, improved balance, and much more! With world-renowned yoga teacher Eiko's revolutionary program, people of any age and fitness...
3) Stretch
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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©2009
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Rhyming text describes the many ways to stretch.
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North Atlantic Books
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BESTSELLER: Manage pain and increase your physical wellness with 135 stretching exercises you can do anywhere, anytime—without special equipment!
This updated edition includes 20 new stretches, expanded anatomy and physiology information, full-color anatomical illustrations, and more.
The multiple stresses of contemporary life—whether from excessive sports play, overwork, or overuse of technology—are...
This updated edition includes 20 new stretches, expanded anatomy and physiology information, full-color anatomical illustrations, and more.
The multiple stresses of contemporary life—whether from excessive sports play, overwork, or overuse of technology—are...
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2020.
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"A nine-minute routine to improve stretching, mobility, and strength, by personal trainer, massage therapist, and instagram sensation Joe Yoon. Better Stretching teaches readers to stretch smarter to feel looser, move more easily, and peak perform. These stretches are fast and easy. Readers will learn to make areas of tightness and discomfort feel better immediately-and how to make those benefits last. Author Joe Yoon proves you don't need 90 complicated...
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Da Capo Press
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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...
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A COMPLETE GUIDE TO PREVENTING BACK AND HIP INJURIES BY STRENGTHENING THE MUSCLE GROUP CONNECTING YOUR UPPER AND LOWER BODYConnecting 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...
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An easy-to-start program for maintaining a mobile, active, and healthy lifestyle after 50 and beyond
Just ten minutes a day of these modified stretches is guaranteed to help you improve your mobility without pain or injury. Stretching for 50+ is filled with safe, easy routines for any age. Learn warm-ups and cool-downs, use tools like a strap, therapy balls and foam rollers, and discover plenty of other fitness tips to keep you moving.
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Just ten minutes a day of these modified stretches is guaranteed to help you improve your mobility without pain or injury. Stretching for 50+ is filled with safe, easy routines for any age. Learn warm-ups and cool-downs, use tools like a strap, therapy balls and foam rollers, and discover plenty of other fitness tips to keep you moving.
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In this revolutionary new approach to fitness, model and TEDx sensation Roger Frampton becomes your personal trainer at home. With mindful, conscious movement, you will gain phenomenal core and fullbody strength, increased flexibility and even lose weight. In just 10 minutes a day and with no special equipment, you can build a fun and achievable home exercise routine tailored to your fitness and flexibility level.
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"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. But without the expertise of a professional trainer and without an expert's understanding of muscle anatomy, it can be hard to know what exercises are best. Craig Ramsay is here to help! In Anatomy of Stretching, he...
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Skyhorse
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Hatha yoga is a system of physical yoga techniques. Hatha yoga, particularly asanas (the physical postures), is popular throughout the world as a set of physical exercises, and is now colloquially termed 'yoga'. But yoga is more than just an exercise; it's a way of spiritual living that has been growing in popularity throughout the years. Achieve perfect flexibility while minimizing injury, with tools and training on the following subjects: Finding...
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"PBS fitness personality and creator of the fitness phenomenon The Esmonde Technique, Miranda Esmonde-White offers an eye-opening guide to anti-aging that provides essential tools to help anyone turn back the clock and look and feel younger. Miranda Esmonde-White trains everyone from prima ballerinas to professional hockey players to MS patients: what do they all have in common? All of these people are hoping to heal their bodies, prevent further...
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With training tips, exercises, and injury remedies, this is a book that every golfer and coach should have!
There are few things more satisfying than a great round of golf. But the joy and thrill of golf are often marred by injuries that can bother you for weeks and ruin your game. A strong, fluid golf swing uses muscles in the legs, hips, lower back, and shoulders-all areas prone to serious, painful injury. That's why every golfer needs to read...
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Chronicle Books
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Yoga has gone completely mainstream. Sensible people everywhere are saying 'Om' and doing postures once a week. Enter the world's easiest yoga book for the place we need it most: work! Renowned teacher Darrin Zeer brings this ancient Indian art to the modern-day office with a fully illustrated, easy-to-use guide offering 75 stress-relieving stretches perfect for the cube environment. Unlike most yoga guides, Office Yoga offers a fun, accessible
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"Flexibility and balance are key qualities of a healthy body for athletes and non-athletes alike. This title examines the history of flexibility and stability and their applications to everyday life. It also offers how-to guides that will keep readers feeling strong, limber, and stable. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Amazon.com.