Dynamic Stretching
RAISE YOUR GAME WITH THIS REVOLUTIONARY STRETCHING PROGRAM
Today’s fitness experts have discovered that both stretching and how you stretch can affect how well you perform on the field, court, or track. That is why so many top trainers recommend dynamic stretches.
Dynamic Stretching teaches how to effectively prepare your body for physical activity while simultaneously improving strength, power, speed, agility, and endurance. With more than 50 exercises—fully illustrated with step-by-step photos—this book shows how to take your workouts and abilities to the next level:
•Develop full-body range of motion
•Enhance full-body motor control
•Increase flexibility, balance, and muscular endurance
•Improve force generation and reaction time
•Correct major and minor muscle imbalances
Mark Kovacs Ph.D. is Manager of Sports Science for the United States Tennis Association Player Development. He was an All-American and NCAA doubles champion at Auburn University. After playing professionally, he pursued his graduate work in Exercise Science from Auburn University and a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from The University of Alabama. Dr. Kovacs is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, a certified Health/Fitness Instructor through the American College of Sports Medicine, a United States Track and Field Level II sprints coach and also a USPTA certified tennis coach. Mark is also an author of the tennis conditioning text Tennis Training: Enhancing On-Court Performance and is currently an Associate Editor of the Strength and Conditioning Journal.
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Publication Date: December 29, 2009
ISBN-10: 1569757267
ISBN-13: 9781569757260
Dimensions: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Print Length: 144 pages
Rights Available: Worldwide