The Runner’s Expert Guide to Stretching: Prevent Injury, Build Strength and Enhance Performance
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The ultimate stretching guide, designed to help runners of all abilities run further, avoid injuries and achieve better times.
Stretching is an incredibly important aspect of running and yet it is frequently overlooked or poorly executed. This book details and explains all the stretches that can ease pain, build strength and enhance running performance.
Written by the globally respected physiotherapist, Paul Hobrough, who works with Olympic and World Champion athletes, The Runner’s Expert Guide to Stretching will help runners to understand their bodies, identify weaknesses and develop a natural defence against injury.
With easy-to-understand explanations of anatomy and physiology, and a comprehensive directory of running stretches, runners of any age or ability will find an ideal range of stretches, clearly organised by body part, as well as a detailed strength and conditioning programme. With more than 2 million of us running at least once a week in the UK alone, this is the go-to guide for every runner.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Sport, Illustrated edition (23 Jan. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 224 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1472965329 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1472965325 |
| Dimensions | 18.97 x 1.22 x 23.04 cm |
by J. Smythe
Every runner I know would love to go as fast as they possibly can from the time they put in. If you could gain 30 seconds a mile without having to spend any more time running, any less time with the family or having to buy a pair of Next %s then you’d do it.
Paul’s guide is essentially about getting more out of what we put in. Avoiding time off through injury, addressing weaknesses in our running style, or better race management are all possible through understanding how and when to stretch. Paul explains it all in the terms of a typical information-hungry but non-technical runner. Loved it.
by jungliejim
Really good exercises and totally recommend. Some page turning required to work out what exercises are for warm up, post exercise or strength as they are all mixed up.
by Josh S
Very extensive and clear instructions however doesn’t give any indication of how often the different exercises should be done or any program I could find. 23 different “basics” are given but clearly doing 23 exercises a day isn’t going to be possible for anyone really + the other strength training in there.
Would recommend Running Free of Injuries instead which gives a clear “prehab” routine which is sort of what I was expecting this book would build on
by Iain L.
Fascinating and exactly what i was after, being someone that wants to understand what i’m doing and why. Mainly so that i can feel confident to select the subset of the many stretching and strengthening exercises out there that works for me, but also simply as an interested ‘lay-runner’. Only constructive feedback would be to include more comprehensive information about suitable frequency for each exercise and how each might fit into an overall plan (including how these interact with the actual running bit).
Fantastic book though.
by Amazon Customer
Quick dispatch will use again thanks
by Di
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by HG
As a physiotherapist with nearly forty years clinical experience, and a runner, I was interested to read this book and even more delighted with what I found. It’s full of serious information, written in an informal and very readable format. The science and backed up knowledge is there with clear diagrams and photos to demonstrate positions and exercises.
Yes, you may think you know this stuff but it’s all about HOW you do it. The starting positions. The angles and direction of movement. The instructions. Stabilising. The tips and how NOT to do it. Timings. Repetitions. Progressions. It’s all there.
At last a book that doesn’t give you 10 exercises or stretches when 1 or 2 will work for you. That explains what and WHY you should do what you are doing and gets the job done!
I’m particularly interested in all forms of physical rehab and tell my patients the same as you……. it’s HOW you perform any exercise that is the key to success…..don’t cheat yourself out of a good result!
Thank you Paul, for this book. It’s going to be used at my running club for sure.
Madeleine Guderley MCSP
by Dan C
If you want a thoroughly explained reason why you should stretch and a list of them, then look no further. Unlike Running Free of Injuries, however, this is hard to follow and there is little to no guidance on how often you should be doing them, or anything resembling a proposed schedule. Should have stuck with the ‘Running Free’ formula: bit of info at the front, then brief overview of the routines at the back to quickly refer to.