Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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 minutes to get more agile and less achy--you just need 9.
Yoon's stretches are easy and fast and made for people at all levels of fitness, whether you sit at a desk most of the day, are a high-level athlete, or somewhere in between. Better Stretching is broken up into three parts to help readers find what suits their bodies best. Part One is a compendium of stretches and mobility exercises; Part Two is comprised of strengthening exercises, including routines for specific needs like avoiding the hunching and soreness from sitting behind a desk or prepping for a workout; and Part Three gives readers three different 30-day routines to ease them into making stretching a regular part of their daily lives, as well as to develop smart and healthy stretching habits.
Better Stretching is for readers who want to:
- improve their athletic performance
- prevent injury
- use stretching as exercise.
Better Stretching's simple, straight-to-the point stretches with over 125 clear accompanying photos will have readers looser and more limber in 30 days.
Synopsis
Achieve life-changing results for your body--greater mobility, better functionality, enhanced performance, and less pain--in as little as 9 minutes a day.
Joe Yoon brings you the tips and techniques he gives world class athletes, and provides you with an entirely new way to think about stretching. You won't need 90 complicated minutes to get more agile--you'll just need 9 And your results will improve dramatically--and stay that way--when you incorporate just a touch of mobility and strengthening to your stretches. Joe Yoon shows you how.
Better Stretching debunks myths and misconceptions. You'll discover:
- Over 100 wide-ranging stretches, from static to dynamic, including simple stretches you can do while sitting at your desk
- Three 30-day plans designed to give you maximum results in a minimum amount of time, each tailor-made for goals that you choose
- Stretching, strengthening, and mobility exercises for people at every level - whether you're a beginner or advanced, a weekend warrior or a competitive athlete, a business executive or a new parent
- Muscle-soothing self-massage techniques using simple foam rollers and tennis balls
- Over 125 photographs of Joe demonstrating his stretches, so you achieve results beyond what you thought possible