Delavier's Stretching Anatomy By Frederic Delavier, Jean-Pierre Clemenceau And Michael Gundill

Get an inside view of the muscles in action during every stretch you perform!

Delavier’s Stretching Anatomy is your guide for increasing flexibility, improving range of motion, toning muscles, and relieving pain and discomfort. The very best stretches for shoulders, chest, arms, torso, back, hips, and legs are all here, and all in the stunning detail that only Frederic Delavier can provide.

With over 550 full-color photos and illustrations, you’ll go inside more than 130 exercises to see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures and learn how variations, progressions, and sequencing can affect muscle recruitment, the underlying structures, and ultimately the results.

Delavier’s Stretching Anatomy includes 13 proven programs for increasing muscle tone, releasing tension and stress, and optimizing training and performance in 13 sports, including running, cycling, basketball, soccer, golf, and track and field.

The former editor in chief of PowerMag in France, author and illustrator Frederic Delavier is a journalist for Le Monde du Muscle and a contributor to Men’s Health Germany and several other strength publications. His previous publications, Strength Training Anatomy and Women’s Strength Training Anatomy, have sold more than 2 million copies.


Contents

INTRODUCTION
Why Stretching?
Exercises That Reconnect You With Your Body

STRETCHING: A USER’S MANUAL
A Natural Method Based On How Your Body Feels, Not How Hard You Push
Benefits of Stretching
A Gentle Form of Exercise
Types of Stretching
Structuring a Stretching Program
Learn How to Breathe!
Breathing and Relaxation
For Effective Breathing
Inhaling and Exhaling
Breathe Deeply, but Find a Natural Rhythm
Active Breathing
External Breathing
Pulmonary Breathing
Why Athletes Should Stretch
Stretching Has Five Benefits for Athletes
Too Much Flexibility Can Diminish Performance
Athletes Have Four Opportunities to Stretch
How an Athlete Should Stretch
Breathing During Stretching
Stretching Unilaterally
Stretching to Prevent Problems Associated With Sports

THE STRETCHES
Stretches for the Neck
Stretches for the Shoulders and Chest
To Prevent Shoulder Pain, Stretch the Infraspinatus
Preventing Shoulder Pain in Athletes
How to Protect the Infraspinatus
Stretches for the Arms and Forearms
Stretches for the Lateral Flexor Muscles in the Torso
Stretches for the Rotator Muscles in the Torso
Stretches to Relax the Back
Preventing Lower Back Pain
Relaxing the Spinal Column
Stretches for the Hips
Importance of Hip Flexibility
Stretches for the Buttocks
Stretches for the Quadriceps
Stretches for the Hamstrings
Preventing Hamstring Tears
Stretches for the Adductors
Stretches for the Calves

STRETCHING PROGRAMS
Stretching Programs for Better Muscle Tone and Well-Being
Beginner Program
Intermediate Program
Advanced Program
Stretching Programs for Athletes
Guidelines for Programs
Basic Athletic Program
Golf and Sports Involving Torso Rotation
Running Sports, Soccer, and Skating
Skiing
Combat Sports
Cycling
Throwing Sports (Shot Put, Basketball, and Handball)
Horseback Riding
Swimming
Bodybuilding

Released 2011
144 Pages


About The Author

Frederic Delavier is a gifted artist with an exceptional knowledge of human anatomy. He studied morphology and anatomy for five years at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The former editor in chief of the French magazine PowerMag, Delavier is currently a journalist for the French magazine Le Monde du Muscle and a contributor to several other muscle publications.

Jean-Pierre Clémenceau is a fitness coach to the stars and has trained numerous French celebrities using an approach based on positioning and breathing.

Michael Gundill has written 13 books on strength training, sport nutrition, and health including co-authoring The Strength Training Anatomy Workout.