1-1. Disclaimer
1-2. Acknowledgements
1-3. About the Author
2-1. The Musculoskeletal System
2-2. Muscle Composition
2-3. How Muscles Contract
2-4. Fast and Slow Muscle Fibers
2-5. Connective Tissue
2-6. Cooperating Muscle Groups
2-7. Types of Muscle Contractions
2-8. What Happens When You Stretch
2-9. Proprioceptors
2-10. The Stretch Reflex
2-11. Components of the Stretch Reflex
2-12. The Lengthening Reaction
2-13. Reciprocal Inhibition
3-1. Types of Flexibility
3-2. Factors Limiting Flexibility
3-3. How Connective Tissue Affects Flexibility
3-4. How Aging Affects Flexibility
3-5. Strength and Flexibility
3-6. Why Bodybuilders Should Stretch
3-7. Why Contortionists Should Strengthen
3-8. Overflexibility
4-1. Ballistic Stretching
4-2. Dynamic Stretching
4-3. Active Stretching
4-4. Passive Stretching
4-5. Static Stretching
4-6. Isometric Stretching
4-7. How Isometric Stretching Works
4-8. PNF Stretching
4-9. How PNF Stretching Works
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5-1. Warming Up
5-2. General Warm-Up
5-3. Joint Rotations
5-4. Aerobic Activity
5-5. Warm-Up Stretching
5-6. Static Warm-Up Stretching
5-7. Dynamic Warm-Up Stretching
5-8. Sport-Specific Activity
5-9. Cooling Down
5-10. Massage
5-11. Elements of a Good Stretch
5-12. Isolation
5-13. Leverage
5-14. Risk
5-15. Some Risky Stretches
5-16. Duration, Counting, and Repetition
5-17. Breathing During Stretching
5-18. Exercise Order
5-19. When to Stretch
5-20. Early-Morning Stretching
5-21. Stretching With a Partner
5-22. Stretching to Increase Flexibility
5-23. Pain and Discomfort
5-24. Common Causes of Muscular Soreness
5-25. Stretching with Pain
5-26. Overstretching
5-27. Performing Splits
5-28. Common Problems When Performing Splits
5-29. The Front Split
5-30. The Side Split
5-31. Split-Stretching Machines
6-1. Recommendations
6-2. Additional Comments
7-1. lower back stretches
7-2. lying buttock stretch
7-3. groin and inner-thigh stretch
7-4. seated leg stretches
7-5. seated calf stretch
7-6. seated hamstring stretch
7-7. seated inner-thigh stretch
7-8. psoas stretch
7-9. quadricep stretch
7-10. lying 'V' stretch
8-1. Neck
8-2. Lumbar Spine
8-3. Shoulder
8-4. Elbow
8-5. Wrist
8-6. Hip
8-7. Knee
8-8. Ankle
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