Stretching: Mobility and Flexibility
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We are born with a set of motor skills and abilities. During our lives, we improve and expand those skills through physical activity. This book is an attempt to bring simple exercises into the comfort of your home.
This book incorporates 108 exercises with simple instructions and illustrations for easy understanding, divided into 3 sections: Stretching from a standing position, Stretching from a sitting position and Stretching from a lying down position.
You will also find four exercises to test your mobility (it would be ideally to perform them in the beginning and then repeat them after a few weeks of daily stretching sessions). You will definitely notice an improvement.
In the second part of the book there’s a brief glossary of medical and sports terminology, advice and a less than exhaustive list of benefits of stretching.
Mihaela Varga
Mihaela Varga (Tomescu) was born on February 24th 1975 in Tg-Jiu, Romania. She played handball with A.E.M. Timisoara (1994-1998). In 1998, she graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports of the West University of Timisoara, Romania, specializing in handball. On that same year she was also a national university champion in handball. During 1999-2000 she coached handball at C.S.S. Buzias, and after taking her Permanent Teacher's Certification (2000) and specializing in natation (also in 2000) she became a Prof. of Physical Education and Sports (tenure professor) with the Energetic High school of Timisoara. During 2001-2013, she was a tenure professor with the "Tibiscus" University of Timisoara, and as of 2013 she has been working as a professor with the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports of the West University of Timisoara. In 2009 she obtained her Ph.D. in Philology (West University of Timisoara) with the thesis "The Evolution of Sports Terminology” and later on the title of Ph.D. Assistant Professor. In 2012 she attended a course in "Entrepreneurial Skills". Also in 2012, she taught courses of Physical Education and Sports with the "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara as well. As of 2013, she is a member of the Association of Independent Inventors of Romania. She published various works with several National and International Conferences and Congresses (for e.g.: The International Congress of Oradea 2003; The International Scientific Conference of Bucharest 2004; The National Symposium of Timisoara 2005, etc.). She has also coordinated several graduation papers in the sports field. Her first book, "A Course in Handball”, was published in 2002, followed by "Aerobic Exercises” in 2003, "Handball-the Synergy of the Game” in 2007 (co-author), "Sport at the Office” and "Stretching, mobility and flexibility” in 2013 and "Sports Guide” and ”Physical Activity for Everyone” in 2014.
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Stretching - Mihaela Varga
MIHAELA VARGA, Ph.D.
STRETCHING
MOBILITY AND FLEXIBILITY
Smashwords Editition
2014
Stretching – Mobility and flexibility
Mihaela Varga
Copyright 2014 Mihaela Varga
Published by Mihaela Varga at Smashwords
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Editura VirtualaTable of Contents
STRETCHING
Copyright
Foreword
Preface
Recommendations
The benefits of stretching
I. Stretching exercises from a standing position
II. Stretching exercises, standing, legs apart
III. Stretching exercises from a semi lunging position
IV. Stretching exercises from standing on your knees
V. Stretching exercises from standing on your knees with support
VI. Stretching exercises from a lunging position
VII. Stretching exercises standing on your shoulder blades
VIII. Stretching exercises sitting with your legs bent
IX. Stretching exercises sitting with your legs crossed
X. Stretching exercises sitting on the floor, legs apart
XI. Stretching exercises, legs extended
XII. Stretching exercises lying on your back
XIII. Stretching exercises lying on prone position
XIV. Mobility tests
Sports medical glossary
Bibiliography
Foreword
An incredibly useful book for professional athletes, as well as for the fitness and well-being industry.
For professional athletes, stretching enhances their general physical performance, speeds-up the post-effort recovery and significantly decreases the risk of injury.
But stretching has a much broader audience – it has no age or gender boundaries, it does not require a certain level of physical fitness or special skills. Its greatest advantage lies in the fact that it can be practiced anytime and anywhere, it does not require any special equipment, it can be easily learned and the results are visible after just a few training sessions.
All the information contained in this book is the fruit of the personal experience of the trainer and not merely a collection of data put together from varied sources. I would like to underline the fact