FitnessProsBooks.com - Stretching, The DVD
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Starring: Bob Anderson
Directed By: Rory Donaldson
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0826250501599
Format: Color
Number Of Items: 1
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-10-23
Running Time: 59
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Summary: Great for learning proper technique!
Comment: I'm a busy(commuting from Long Island into Manhattan every day) 62 year old runner training for this year's Boston Marathon which I finally qualified for by 25 seconds.Since the training mileage already takes up so much of my time I wanted to learn the proper way to do a few basic stretches for running that would help improve my flexibility and avoid injury during training. This DVD is perfect and, along with Anderson's bookStretching: 20th Anniversary (Stretching)has proved extremely valuable since it turns out I had been doing some stretches incorrectly.I highly recommend both DVD and book. They complement one another and are great for people like me who have limited time and want to learn a few stretches focused on specific sports or just everday life.
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Summary: Stretching DVD - from the 80s
Comment: I bought this DVD to help me learn ways of stretching, as I am an avid cyclist and runner. The methods of stretching are useful, but not any more useful than ANY yoga DVD. The setup is old, humor bad, and it is quite boring. I could only watch it a couple of times. Now I just do a few stretches that I liked from the program. I recommend skipping this DVD.
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Summary: Stretching DVD
Comment: This product is good, however I bought it thinking it was for the book (same title) as an option to install on the computer, so I'm not totally happy.
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Summary: Still The Best
Comment: I first discovered Bob's book decades ago, while I was teaching Iyengar Yoga. Some of my students wanted "just stretching," without the philosophy and other hype attached to Yoga. Bob's book was just what they needed. It's basic, safe stretching. No scenic backgrounds, no lobotomized Zen practitioners in rainbow spandex -- just real people doing real stretches.
Bob does seem slightly awkward in front of the camera, and stammers a few times during the first ten minutes of the DVD, but then he seems to get comfortable, and the rest of the information is easy to follow.
If I were asked to recommend a good, basic stretching DVD, or a great warm up for dance or athletics, this would be it. Bob's information has withheld the test of time, and remains relevant, sane, safe, and useful.
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Summary: excellent and safe introduction to stretching for hurting people
Comment: The best books on stretching are indisputably by Anderson. This DVD, however, is not a duplicate of any of his books. The books are thorough and fairly exhaustive and frequently used by body work and physical therapy professionals; the dvd is introductory and minimalist and designed for, well, new recruits to being a body. You know, people who have an injury or disease that introduces them to stiffness! Very few stretches are given but every area of the body is covered. The instruction is superb as are the demonstrations. If you are new to stretching, recovering from an injury or illness, and have never been an athlete, there is no finer dvd for you. I gladly share this dvd with the public who are just learning to take responsibility for their bodies. It is helpful and kind and not overwhelming. It is probably just what you need. A great compliment to this is the book Stretching by Suzanne Martin. It is a DK book with great color photography, more stretches, yet again for the novice.
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