Better Stretching: 9 Minutes a Day to Greater Flexibility, Less Pain, and Enhanced Performance, the Joetherapy Way

Perfect altought it reaches without plastic to protect the book

Very useful book for someone who just wants to get it right and educate themselves rather than just depending on others. Easy to follow steps perfectly illustrated with pictures

I am a quite-good-at-english french. This book is very well explained and detailed. Its relevant routines will sure help you to make progress. For me, it took a few weeks to feel a lot better !

FINALLY - an "exercise" book of use to ME! (Insert: dancing girl, confetti, raised hands...emojis!) I'm not sure how I stumbled upon this book, I'm just grateful to have done so. There are multiple things I appreciate, and in turn find VERY helpful: the layout, content, organization... Of primary value to this user (see that? Not "reader" - - USER!) is the "clean", easy to use layout. Specifically, each new page presents a given stretch or strengthener and begins with a few sentences "introduction" spelling out the "whats" and "whys" of the given stretch or strengthener. As a question-box, yet with a limited attention span, I like background explanation, in brevity. Additionally, each page dedicated to a specific stretch or strengthener follows the format that includes "cues" (think: hints and tips), "target areas", and "how-to's" - all short and sweet. The pictures of the author demonstrating each of the positions, sometimes from multiple angles, are easy to discern, thus eliminating any "am I doing this right" apprehension. The overall content and organization is helpful with separate sections denoting stretching/mobility v. strengthening, an intro, index, tools, and routines. Once-upon-a-time a former boss told me when presenting "talk to the dumbest person in the room" (don't assume anyone knows anything about what you're speaking - and do not use acronyms!). I feel like the author accomplished this in his introduction. It's informative, yet relatable. I didn't get a deep-dive into high school chemistry or biology, rather basic, relatable information helping me to appreciate WHY I want to stretch and strengthen (stat)! And as someone easily overwhelmed with tons of options, that the author has provided some optional routines eliminates the panic of choosing the absolutely-most-perfect-combination-of-stretches-and-strengtheners instead providing some training wheels I can take off at a later date. A couple of final notes worth mentioning are the credibility of the author and his overall disposition. I value that he's a certified personal trainer AND a licensed massage therapist. He's got the education to back-up his claims. And if that's not enough, he's got quite a bit of endorsement from professional athletes - THEY rely on his expertise. He also presents without hard and fast rules, and is not married to his approaches, rather recognizes "not one size fits all" and people will and can modify for THEIR body's needs. I'm really glad to have stumbled upon Better Stretching. It's working. (Scratch that: I'M working - with the helpful guidance of this book.)

Buen libro

Liebe das Buch. So viele einfache Übungen die man schnell lernen kann und dem Körper gut tun. :)