As I have said more than
once, stretching is a part of fitness that is often ignored. It doesn’t have the same cachet as some of
the sweatier parts of fitness, and yet it is crucial to having a healthy body
that works in the real world. There are
many decent books on stretching out there.
Stretching Anatomy by Arnold
G. Nelson and Jouko Kokkonen is a useful addition to the collection.
The stretches are sorted
by body region. The illustrations are
clear and helpful and the instructions make sense.
I don’t happen to agree
with the authors’ views on pain levels in stretching. The kind of severe stretching they recommend
at the top end seem counterproductive to me.
I recommend using good judgment in deciding how intense to make
stretches.
The book is on my shelf
if anyone would like to borrow it!
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