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(Part 2) Best stretching & fitness books according to redditors

We found 222 Reddit comments discussing the best stretching & fitness books. We ranked the 49 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.

21. Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running

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22. The New Rules of Lifting Supercharged: Ten All-New Muscle-Building Programs for Men and Women

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23. Delavier's Stretching Anatomy

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Human Kinetics

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24. Bicycling Maximum Overload for Cyclists: A Radical Strength-Based Program for Improved Speed and Endurance in Half the Time (Bicycling Magazine)

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Bicycling Maximum Overload for Cyclists: A Radical Strength-Based Program for Improved Speed and Endurance in Half the Time (Bicycling Magazine)

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25. Power Flex Stretching - Super Flexibility and Strength for peak performance

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26. ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life

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27. Strong: Nine Workout Programs for Women to Burn Fat, Boost Metabolism, and Build Strength for Life

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28. Loaded Stretches: The Scientific Way To Build Muscle 334% Faster: The EXACT SYSTEM which delivered the “greatest muscle gains ever recorded, in any animal or human muscle building program” ever

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Loaded Stretches: The Scientific Way To Build Muscle 334% Faster: The EXACT SYSTEM which delivered the “greatest muscle gains ever recorded, in any animal or human muscle building program” ever

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29. Men's Health Natural Bodybuilding Bible: A Complete 24-Week Program For Sculpting Muscles That Show

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33. Street workout, l'art de la maîtrise corporelle (Musculation et prépa physique)

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34. Stretching Exercises Encyclopedia

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Meyer Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH

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35. Anatomy of Stretching (Anatomies of)

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36. Runner's World Train Smart, Run Forever: How to Become a Fit and Healthy Lifelong Runner by Following The Innovative 7-Hour Workout Week

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37. The Flexible Golf Swing: A Cutting-Edge Guide to Improving Flexibility and Mastering Golf's True Fundamentals

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38. Going Long: Legends, Oddballs, Comebacks & Adventures (Runner's World)

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39. Core Performance Essentials: The Revolutionary Nutrition and Exercise Plan Adapted for Everyday Use

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40. The Internal Structure of Cloud Hands: A Gateway to Advanced T'ai Chi Practice

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u/askmeforashittyfact · 30 pointsr/bodyweightfitness

It’s used in agility exercises but not as pictured by op. There’s platforms that essentially strap you in 360 where you practice burst like movements such as takeoff running, cutting, and jumping. If you’re concerned with agility you need to understand that agility can improve independently from stability so if training incorrectly then you could be subject to a much higher risk of injury. Exercising with bands can help increase your stability which decreases risk of injury which keeps you practicing harder and improves with time. So directly, yes, indirectly, yes, how you may be considering using them for agility, unlikely. I recommend reading through Delavier’s books to read up more on the subject. They’re anatomy illustration heave and pretty friendly for those not specializing in sports science.

Edit:

For those interested, I’m linking ONE of Delavier’s books on amazon. He is a very talented and committed author who offers the fitness world something unique, please purchase his books if you can. He’s also a very nice guy and will gladly discuss his books with you but he only speaks French. I have all but maybe 4 of his books and I don’t regret spending the money at all, you’ll be a happier healthier athlete for having read his books or at least referenced them.

Delavier, stretching book

And a link to one of the many many items that use resistance bands to increase performance. This one was honestly new to me.

Mass Suit

This was the gold standard for a considerable amount of time for performance related professional grade equipment but the price was too high and cheaper alternatives with similar results(some improvement) are used now. The Vertimax has its place for sure but the cost and space required are usually too much to ask for.

Vertimax website

u/davidmcw · 14 pointsr/running

There is a book of essays, produced by Runners World called 'Going Long', that contains an essay called 'A Six Minute Difference' by Cynthia Gorney, which is about a runner called Janet Furman Bowman that went M->F, you may find it interesting.

Just found it online - http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/6-minute-difference?page=single

u/wraith5 · 8 pointsr/fitness30plus

I assume the personal trainer has you do weights? You're very active but I see no dedicated weight training sessions.

"Toning" is simply stripping fat from your body to reveal the muscle beneath the surface; if there's no muscle to show off, there's no toning. Strength training will not also help you tone, it'll increase your metabolism, help your body burn more fat compared to not weight training, protect you against osteoporosis, give you more energy and tons more.

If I was you, I'd do at least 3 weight focused sessions a week and cut back on the HIIT and intervals. IE

Weight training x 3 per week
Horse riding x 2 per week
Yoga class x 1-2 per week
HIIT/Interval Runs x 1-2 per week

There's all sorts of routines to follow. For females I typically recommend

Strong Curves

or

The New Rules of Lifting Series specifically The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

or

Strong: Nine Workout Programs for Women to Burn Fat, Boost Metabolism, and Build Strength for Life

The other side is diet. Just like weight training should be the meat and potatoes of your training regimen, well, meat should be the main focus of your diet. Or at least protein - you need a lot more protein in your diet.

Protein supports lean muscle growth, which, as I mentioned, is needed to tone. Increased protein intake will also help your body preferentially burn fat, it will speed up your metabolism, protein "costs" a lot of energy to break down protein (if you eat 100 calories of sugar, 99 calories of that sugar will be turned into fuel for the body; if you eat 100 calories of chicken, only 70 calories will actually be converted and the other 30 calories will be "burned" while the body processes and breaks down the chicken into a usable fuel source), it gives you more energy, helps boost your immune system and more

https://www.precisionnutrition.com/will-a-high-protein-diet-harm-your-health

In short, lift weights, eat more protein

u/nickstreet36 · 4 pointsr/running

I don't think it's that one either. I think it's the on in the link below. The same picture is on the front cover as is in one of the images in the submission. Plus the Vicky Timon one is a Spanish language edition.

http://www.amazon.com/Stretching-Exercises-Encyclopedia-Oscar-Moran/dp/1841263516/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1456996778&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=1841263516

u/wikiscootia · 3 pointsr/Velo

Been working on weight training this off-season. "Starting Strength" seems to be the equivalent of "The Cyclists Training Bible" for general strength training. Everyone should read it. Maybe twice.

My back is my main limiter. I had a bad case of thoracic hyphosis (aka "nerd neck") so I needed to fix that and train up my upper-back muscles in order to be able to safely squat heavy. I'm thinking the added strength and mobility will help for holding my head up after long hours on the bike.

I've brought my Bulgarian squat up from 3x5's at 80 lbs to 3x5's @ 130 lbs. I've also brought my weight up by 7 lbs, so I guess I'll be carrying that around. But it's pretty flat where I live and race so I wouldn't mind trading some W/KG for some raw watts.

I'm planning to continue building strength through base and switch to more speed/power movements during build. I'm going to incorporate the fast lunges described in Maximum Overload (terrible book, fine idea) for blocks of 30s to 5m. I think that will be a good accessory to VO2max intervals. Hard days will get harder, so easy days will need to get easier.

u/TNGJ · 3 pointsr/flexibility

Stretching Anatomy by Arnold G. Nelson and Jouko Kokkonen

Delavier's Stretching Anatomy by Frederic Delavier

Anatomy of Stretching by Craig Ramsay

Prescriptive Stretching by Kristian Berg

u/kothmia · 3 pointsr/orangetheory

There's a book out, ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life which I've been reading which gets into it. It's a legit thing.

u/occassionalcomment · 3 pointsr/yoga

I recommend two things: read this series of articles and get this book. These recommendations are for several reasons.

Yoga is not as good for developing flexibility as a dedicated flexibility training program. The same way that if you showed up saying you're super flexible and wanted to develop strength I'd tell you to do weights rather than yoga, I have to tell you this.
There is a lot of quacky information on the internet about flexibility. The above guides are motivated by a medical understanding of how flexibility works and develops.
Understanding the core principles of how flexibility works will help you tailor a training routine which works with your personal goals and aims. The book, in particular, is highly focused on this. It's like 50 pages of explaining the core principles of flexibility training and 200 pages of targeted exercises.

u/movingtothebeach · 3 pointsr/Referees

For those of us who have an offseason - either because weather demands it or because you just choose to work harder in some seasons than others - having a training plan is both critical and awesome. Like many, I mostly referee in the Fall and Spring HS/College seasons, with an occasional youth game outside of that - being in shape for 3-5 games/week is very different than a Saturday or Sunday game. (I do other things, like ski, and adjust accordingly, but this is a basic plan.)

My goal is to continually improve my running endurance and overall fitness without overdoing it and causing injury, plus enjoying what I do.

My plan looks like this:

--3days/week running - every run is challenging in some way. I follow the Train Smart, Run Forever plans (https://www.amazon.com/Runners-World-Train-Smart-Forever/dp/1623367468) - one interval, one tempo, one long - but you can choose something else, as long as they are real work. It's enough to really improve your cardio fitness without reaching injury thresholds.

--2-3 days/week strength training - I tend to avoid significant strength training on my lower body during heavy soccer season - it just creates too much strain and exhaustion. I'm able to more balance that training during the offseason. I always have two days: I sometimes add a third depending on schedule.

--1-2 days/week cross-training. I use a stationary bike - I do this quickly, like a 20min HIIT ride - I enjoy it in small doses. If I have a game that week, I'll generally swap this out.

--1 day rest. (Some of the bike/weight days are the same.)

I'll sometimes mix things up with a group training session of some kind, etc., but this is the basic plan. I love it.

u/nullzeroroute · 2 pointsr/running

I really enjoyed "Going Long" a collection of feature stories from Runners World over the years.
http://www.amazon.com/Going-Long-Oddballs-Comebacks-Adventures/dp/1605295337/ref=pd_sim_14_7?ie=UTF8&amp;dpID=515LjM2-i6L&amp;dpSrc=sims&amp;preST=_AC_UL160_SR107%2C160_&amp;refRID=144BFFX4PXMXSZNY5K4Z

u/gaspaonrocks · 2 pointsr/bodyweightfitness

> Don't know about that, since my French is not that fluent. But some of these before/after pics are dumb, yeah. In the book he doesn't diss other methods, I think. He just does not mention them.

I have to add it mostly is online, with the "lafayan" bashing on other training method... But Olivier Lafay is feeding/letting that bashing and I'm not a fan of that approach.

> Do you have any suggestions?

This book, this one or this one are far better in terms of exercice content, progression, and basic scientific concepts. All are in French.

u/Capisano · 2 pointsr/GetMotivated

Running for Mortals by John Bingham and Jenny Hadfield (amazon link) helped motivate me.

u/drypumpkin20 · 2 pointsr/asktrp

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AFU624S/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1

I have given this book to most of my male family members and friends. A good reference a solid novice plan as well. Also gives a lite glossing over of nutrition.

u/RenoMike1 · 1 pointr/golf

You should check out the book the flexible golf swing. Had a similar problem when I changed up my swing and have suffered from back issues for a long time. A lot of it was I did not have the proper flexibility to swing the club with proper mechanics. This book is about stretching and developing the muscle groups needed to swing the club. It has done wonders for my swing and the ability to get my hips rotating without lots of tension on the lower back

The Flexible Golf Swing: A Cutting-Edge Guide to Improving Flexibility and Mastering Golf's True Fundamen tals https://www.amazon.com/dp/1623361397/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_tPg8AbVS7E8XT

u/rAtheismSelfPostOnly · 1 pointr/INTPBookmarks

u/beltedgalaxy · 1 pointr/SoftwareEngineering

This is a common challenge, and gets harder with marriage/kids/more job responsibilities/etc. I've been in the industry for ~25 years, and it has always been a constant struggle. The short of it is that you need to make the time. Personally, I run and do pilates for my exercise, total of 6 days a week, 1 hour a day. Where I work is conducive to exercise as we have a locker room and showers, so I do it there. To give you an idea of my schedule, I'm up at 4:40, on the train by 5:40, at the office by 7, exercise and clean up and in my seat by 8:30AM. I'm usually in bed by 10:30PM. I never thought I could run, but I used the book Running for Mortals . It literally changed my life. *EDIT* And I recommend Fitness Blender, TONS of free pilates videos on YouTube, from intro level to "dear god I want to stop" level.

u/sh0tzy · 1 pointr/C25K

I'm 43 years old, father of two energetic young boys and married for 15 years. I was at 265 lbs (120kg), over-eating, drinking too much and had no energy to live life, play with my kids or be a partner to my wife. Getting depressed....and cycling through eating and drinking and then feeling miserable. I was never an athlete, always a geek, but I'm thinking it has more and more to do with what you think you are; I never thought I could be a runner.

I had heard about the C25K, but was appalled at the thought of running. Might as well ask me to eat broken glass. I had finally had enough. I started thinking about a guy at work who in the past 18 months went from grouchy and 300+ lbs to 200 lbs and is now a pretty nice guy...all by running, watching his food and alcohol intake. If he could do it, why couldn't I?

So, one night I'm on my Kindle, and I search for 'running' and found Running For Mortals, which I bought, started reading and decided right then and there I could do it. The guy who wrote it sounded like me. Buy or borrow it, I think it is great. I went out and bought running shoes and started telling myself, my wife, my boss, my kids..that I was taking up running.

TL/DR: I was fat &, lazy but have decided to change that.

u/rechade · 1 pointr/taijiquan

For understanding the classics, and applying tai chi principles, I think these two thin books are good:

The Internal Structure of Cloud Hands bu Robert Tangora
Stalking Yang Lu Chan by Robin Johnson

They give instructions, isolation exercises, feedback to look for, detailed text (and pics of exercises in Tangora) to get to grips with the philosophy in your practice.

u/Nitebot · 1 pointr/flexibility

Flexibility Express: Thomas Kurz
Great dvd with a good work out program.

Power-Flex Stretching: David De Angelis
Great Ebook with alot of info, well worth the read.

Legendary Flexibility:Jujimufu
Good ebook.Has a work out routine and also alot of info.

u/yous_a_bitch · 1 pointr/trollfitness

the free beginner routine is SL, which i'd done in the past. the paid version has a lot more options but since they aren't on your platform yet, i don't think you'd find it worth your $$. depending on how much equipment and space you have at your disposal, i loved the new rules of lifting, both the OG and the update. their programming is a little more equipment intensive than SL, but it's a great option.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Lifting-Supercharged-Muscle-Building/dp/1583335366

u/CharlesBodybuilding · -7 pointsr/Fitness

The goal is to target as many muscle fibers as possible, a bigger range of motion will bring benefit since you are able to recruit more muscle fibers. Overtime loaded stretching will improve your range of motion.

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2nd. The part where muscle damage will accure the most is the negative aka eccentric part of the movement, and holding it in a stretch position is some sort of extension of the negative.

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https://www.amazon.com/Loaded-Stretches-Scientific-delivered-greatest-ebook/dp/B00NBZ2U40 This is a great and cheap ebook explaining it all in detail, really worth the buy.

(Part 2) Best stretching & fitness books according to redditors

21. Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running

22. The New Rules of Lifting Supercharged: Ten All-New Muscle-Building Programs for Men and Women

23. Delavier's Stretching Anatomy

24. Bicycling Maximum Overload for Cyclists: A Radical Strength-Based Program for Improved Speed and Endurance in Half the Time (Bicycling Magazine)

25. Power Flex Stretching - Super Flexibility and Strength for peak performance

26. ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life

27. Strong: Nine Workout Programs for Women to Burn Fat, Boost Metabolism, and Build Strength for Life

28. Loaded Stretches: The Scientific Way To Build Muscle 334% Faster: The EXACT SYSTEM which delivered the “greatest muscle gains ever recorded, in any animal or human muscle building program” ever

29. Men's Health Natural Bodybuilding Bible: A Complete 24-Week Program For Sculpting Muscles That Show

30. Going Long: Legends, Oddballs, Comebacks & Adventures (Runner's World)

31. Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running

32. Ultimate Flexibility: A Complete Guide to Stretching for Martial Arts

33. Street workout, l'art de la maîtrise corporelle (Musculation et prépa physique)

34. Stretching Exercises Encyclopedia

35. Anatomy of Stretching (Anatomies of)

36. Runner's World Train Smart, Run Forever: How to Become a Fit and Healthy Lifelong Runner by Following The Innovative 7-Hour Workout Week

37. The Flexible Golf Swing: A Cutting-Edge Guide to Improving Flexibility and Mastering Golf's True Fundamentals

38. Going Long: Legends, Oddballs, Comebacks & Adventures (Runner's World)

39. Core Performance Essentials: The Revolutionary Nutrition and Exercise Plan Adapted for Everyday Use

40. The Internal Structure of Cloud Hands: A Gateway to Advanced T'ai Chi Practice

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