{"id":7,"date":"2008-03-02T22:13:50","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T22:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2008-03-02T22:20:05","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T22:20:05","slug":"the-two-best-stretching-books-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/bodybuilding-2\/the-two-best-stretching-books-in-the-world.php","title":{"rendered":"The Two Best Stretching Books in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"gareththomasnz\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/bodybuilding-2\/the-two-best-stretching-books-in-the-world.php\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Yes there are two outstanding books on flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>1: Stretching Scientifically by Thomas Kurz<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/images\/stretch-lg.jpg\" alt=\"stretching scientifically\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Learn&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>How to stretch safely and quickly to achieve and maintain your maximum flexibility<br \/>\nHow to make your muscles grow stronger and longer so you stay flexible all the time<br \/>\nHow to do splits even if you are over 40 or 50<br \/>\nHow to kick high and do splits with no warm-up<br \/>\nHow to develop each of the three kinds of flexibility\u2014dynamic, static active and static passive\u2014to suit every athlete&#8217;s needs<br \/>\nWhat exercises are \u201cno-no&#8217;s\u201d if you want to stretch your muscles<br \/>\nAll the factors limiting flexibility<br \/>\nBrilliantly simple tests of hip joint mobility and muscle length that dispel common misconceptions of what limits flexibility the most <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.stadion.com\/stretch.html<\/p>\n<p>2: Relax into Stretch  by Pavel Tsatsouline <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/images\/b14.jpg\" alt=\"Relax into Stretch\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How the secret of mastering your emotions can add immediate inches to your stretch<br \/>\nHow to wait out your tension the surprising key to greater mobility and a better stretch<br \/>\nHow to fool your reflexes into giving you all the stretch you want<br \/>\nWhy contract-relax stretching is 267% more effective than conventional relaxed stretching<br \/>\nHow to breathe your way to greater flexibility<br \/>\nUsing the Russian technique of Forced Relaxation as your ultimate stretching weapon<br \/>\nHow to stretch when injured faster, safer ways to heal<br \/>\nYoung, old, male, female learn what stretches are best for you and what stretches to avoid<br \/>\nWhy excessive flexibility can be detrimental to athletic performance and how to determine your real flexibility needs<br \/>\nPlateau-busting strategies for the chronically inflexible. <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.dragondoor.com\/b14.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Yes there are two outstanding books on flexibility. 1: Stretching Scientifically by Thomas Kurz Learn&#8230; How to stretch safely and quickly to achieve and maintain your maximum flexibility How to make your muscles grow stronger and longer so you stay flexible all the time How to do splits even if you are over 40 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,14,17,15,13],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bodybuilding-2","tag-bodybuilding","tag-flexibility","tag-martial-arts","tag-strength-training","tag-stretching-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}