100 Best Stretching Books of All Time

We've ranked the best stretching books using expert recommendations, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. At Shortform, we know books. Our book guides are the best in the world. Learn why.

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Stretching

Bob Anderson

5.0
The book Stretching was first published in 1975 when fitness awareness was in its infancy. Stretching has since sold over two million copies in the USA and has been published in 24 foreign editions worldwide. Now after twenty-one years and with many other books on the market, it has become the most widely-used and recommended book on stretching and its popularity continues to grow each year. The r
Animal Farm book cover2

Animal Farm

George Orwell and Christopher Hitchens

5.0
Animal Farm is one of the most famous warnings ever written. Orwell's immortal satire - 'against Stalin' as he wrote to his French translator - can be read on many levels. With its piercing clarity and deceptively simple style it is no surprise that this novel is required reading for schoolchildren and politicians alike. This fable of the steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs S
The Anatomy of Stretching book cover3

The Anatomy of Stretching

Brad Walker

4.9
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance book cover4

The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

David Epstein

4.8
Now a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback.

In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa. At the same time, I began to notice that a train
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman book cover5

The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

Timothy Ferriss

4.8
Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger... which 150 pages will you read?

Is it possible to:
Reach your genetic potential in 6 months?
Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours?
Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?

Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness book.

The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the huma
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain book cover6

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

John J. Ratey

4.8
The authors embark upon a fascinating journey through the mind-body connection, showing how exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD, from addiction to Alzheimer's.
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The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.8
The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons―the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays t
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Delavier's Stretching Anatomy

Frederic Delavier, Jean-Pierre Clemenceau, Michael Gundill

4.7
Get an inside view of the muscles in action during every stretch you perform!

"Delavier's Stretching Anatomy" is your guide for increasing flexibility, improving range of motion, toning muscles, and relieving pain and discomfort. The very best stretches for shoulders, chest, arms, torso, back, hips, and legs are all here, and all in the stunning detail that only Frederic Delavier can provide.

With o
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Strength Training Anatomy

Frederic Delavier

4.5
The third edition of Strength Training Anatomy offers the most compelling artwork ever applied to a strength training resource.

Packed with over 600 anatomical illustrations of muscles from each major muscle group, the updated edition features 48 additional pages, 12 new exercises, and 18 stretches.
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Stretching Anatomy

Arnold G. Nelson

4.5
See inside every stretch as you increase flexibility and improve muscular strength. Expanded, enhanced, and updated, the best-selling "Stretching Anatomy" returns to show you how to increase range of motion, supplement training, enhance recovery, and maximize efficiency of movement. You'll also gain a detailed understanding of how each stretch affects your body.

"Stretching Anatomy, Second Edition,
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance book cover11

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

Alex Hutchinson

4.5
From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contributor, and Cambridge-trained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the extraordinary science of human endurance and the secrets of human performance, for fans of The Sports Gene, Born to Run, and Grit.

From running a two-hour marathon to summiting Mount Everest, we’re fascinated by t
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Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training

Thomas Kurz

4.4
The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga: The Philosophy and Practice of Yin Yoga book cover13

The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga: The Philosophy and Practice of Yin Yoga

Bernie Clark

4.4
This second edition of the best sellingThe Complete Guide to Yin Yoga provides an in-depth look at the philosophy and practice of Yin Yoga with illustrated sections on how to practice Yin Yoga, including detailed descriptions and photographs of over 30 Yin Yoga asanas. This is an updated version of the book that has become the go-to resource for Yin Yoga teachers all over the world and has been re
Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method For Stopping Chronic Pain book cover14

Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method For Stopping Chronic Pain

Pete Egoscue

4.4
Pete Egoscue learned a lot about pain when, as a Marine officer, he was wounded in Vietnam. He segued from patient to physical therapist, and now runs a famous clinic in San Diego, where he claims he's helped 95 percent of his patients cure chronic pain--including Jack Nicklaus and Charles Barkley, whose athletic careers he helped prolong. At the heart of his program are stretches and motion exerc
Science of Stretch: Reach Your Flexible Potential, Stay Active, Maximize Mobility (DK Science of) book cover15

Science of Stretch: Reach Your Flexible Potential, Stay Active, Maximize Mobility (DK Science of)

Dr. Leada Malek

4.4
Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success book cover16

Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success

Shawn Stevenson

4.4
Sleep Smarter is a fun and entertaining look at how sleep impacts your mind, body, and performance, without skimping on the "how to's" to get the sleep you really deserve.

Whether you've struggled with sleep problems, or you're simply interested in living a longer, healthier life, you're going to be blown away with what you learn. Here's just a sampling of what you're going to discover:
Why you nee
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Treat Your Own Back

Robin McKenzie

4.4
This easy to follow handbook provides the reader with an active self-treatment plan to resolve and manage back pain.

First published in 1980, Treat Your Own Back has sold over 4 million copies around the world and has been translated into 18 different languages. The world-renowned McKenzie Method detailed in this book is a simple process that is proven to work.

This publication contains easily under
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Stretching to Stay Young: Simple Workouts to Keep You Flexible, Energized, and Pain Free

Jessica Matthews

4.3
Discover how the practice of stretching can increase your flexibility, strengthen your body, and renew your youth with Stretching to Stay Young.

As we age, our bodies move less and less. And the less we move, the tighter our muscles and joints become. But this isn't our natural state--in fact, our bodies were designed for movement.

Stretching is a gentle, simple activity that anyone can do. Doctors
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Anatomy and 100 Essential Stretching Exercises

Guillermo Seijas Albir

4.3
Barron's Anatomy and 100 Essential Stretching Exercises helps you improve your flexibility, overcome physical ailments, and increase your overall sense of well-being. This comprehensive guide features over 100 stretching exercises to help you improve your range of motion, decrease discomfort, and prevent injuries. Easy-to-understand exercises are clearly illustrated and contain simple, precise ins
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Stretching for Beginners: Improve Flexibility and Relieve Aches and Pains with 100 Exercises and 25 Simple Routines

Natasha Diamond-Walker and Philip Striano DC

4.3
Put some spring in your step―simple stretches to soothe your soreness

Movement is life―and stretching is an easy way for you to increase your flexibility, ease aches, and generally improve your quality of life. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how stretching long and slow can help you find fast pain relief and enhance your range of motion.

Take a deep dive into how muscles work and the health ben
The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Sexier, Healthier YOU! book cover21

The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Sexier, Healthier YOU!

Adam Campbell and Editors of Women's Health Maga

4.3
The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises is the essential workout guide for anyone who wants a better body. As the most comprehensive collection of exercises ever created, this makeover manual is a body-shaping power tool for both beginners and longtime fitness buffs alike. From start to finish, this 480-page makeover manual bulges with hundreds of useful tips, the latest findings in exercise scie
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Anatomy of Stretching

Craig Ramsay

4.3
It doesn’t matter if you’re a fitness novice or an elite athlete. You should be starting each workout exactly the same way — with a stretching regimen designed to warm up your body and help you achieve a new personal best each time. But without the expertise of a professional trainer and without an expert’s understanding of muscle anatomy, it can be hard to know what exercises are best.

Craig Ramsa
Rebuilding Milo: A Lifter's Guide to Fixing Common Injuries and Building a Strong Foundation for Enhancing Performance book cover23

Rebuilding Milo: A Lifter's Guide to Fixing Common Injuries and Building a Strong Foundation for Enhancing Performance

Aaron Horschig

4.3
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That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups

C. S. Lewis

4.3
In the final chapter in the cherished Space Trilogy, a sinister technocratic organization is gaining force throughout Europe with a plan to recondition society, and it is up to Ransom and his friends to squelch this threat by applying age-old wisdom to a brave new universe dominated by science.
Rehab Science: How to Overcome Pain and Heal from Injury book cover25

Rehab Science: How to Overcome Pain and Heal from Injury

Tom Walters

4.3
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Restorative Yoga for Beginners: Gentle Poses for Relaxation and Healing

Julia Clarke

4.3
Relax, relieve, restore―a beginner’s path to healing with restorative yoga

Recovering from an injury, an illness, or just interested in a natural way to relax? Restorative yoga focuses on simple poses in supported positions, encouraging deep relaxation so your mind can enter a peaceful, meditative state.

Dive in with an introduction to the spiritual origins and rejuvenating benefits of restorative y
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Science of Yoga: Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your Practice

Ann Swanson

4.3
Explore the biomechanics of 30 key yoga poses, in-depth and from every angle, and master each asana with confidence and control.

Did you know that yoga practice can help treat age-related memory loss better than brain-training games, or that the correct way to breathe throughout a sun salutation is influenced by what is happening to your organs as you move?

Recent scientific research now backs up wh
Glute Lab: The Art and Science of Strength and Physique Training book cover28

Glute Lab: The Art and Science of Strength and Physique Training

Bret Contreras

4.2
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLER

IMPROVE YOUR PHYSIQUE, BUILD LEAN MUSCLE, AND INCREASE STRENGTH

For more than twenty years, Bret “the Glute Guy” Contreras has been on a quest to improve human performance, focusing his research on the gluteus maximus, the largest muscle in the human body. What started as an effort to improve his own weak, flat backside quickly evolved when he discovered the wide ran
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Ulysses

James Joyce

4.2
Loosely based on the Odyssey, this landmark of modern literature follows ordinary Dubliners in 1904. Capturing a single day in the life of Dubliner Leopold Bloom, his friends Buck Mulligan and Stephen Dedalus, his wife Molly, and a scintillating cast of supporting characters, Joyce pushes Celtic lyricism and vulgarity to splendid extremes. Captivating experimental techniques range from interior mo
Pain-Free Performance: Move Better, Train Smarter, and Build an Unbreakable Body book cover30

Pain-Free Performance: Move Better, Train Smarter, and Build an Unbreakable Body

John Rusin, Glen Cordoza

4.2

TRAIN HARD. FEEL YOUR BEST. PERFORM AT YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL—WITHOUT PAIN, SETBACKS, OR BREAKING DOWN AS YOU AGE. If you’ve ever pushed yourself in the gym only to find yourself sidelined by persistent pain or nagging injuries...If you've watched your progress stall despite your best efforts, leaving your body feeling tight, fatigued, and older than it should...Or if you’re tired of being told th

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Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free

Susan Peirce Thompson PhD

4.2

Bright Line Eating has helped thousands of people from over 75 countries lose all their excess weight and keep it off. Are you ready to join them?

In this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and biology, Bright Line Eating explains why people wh

32

Fascial Release for Structural Balance

Thomas Myers, James Earls

4.2
Fascia, the soft tissue surrounding muscles, bones, and organs, plays a crucial role in supporting the body. By learning to intelligently manipulate it, a bodyworker or therapist can help clients with many chronic conditions, providing immediate pain relief as well as reducing ongoing aches and pains. In Fascial Release for Structural Balance, authors James Earls and Thomas Meyers—both respected b
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Prescriptive Stretching

Kristian Berg

4.2
Elite athletes have long relied on personalized stretching programs to improve flexibility and prevent injury. What you might not know is that many of those targeted stretches have a much broader application, one that you can easily incorporate into your daily routine: pain relief.

Prescriptive Stretching features full-color anatomical illustrations and step-by-step instructions for 40 of the most
Science of Yoga: Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your Practice (The Science of Fitness) book cover34

Science of Yoga: Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your Practice (The Science of Fitness)

Ann Swanson

4.2

Did you know that yoga benefits every system in the body, from joints to hormone response, digestion, and brain function?Science of Yoga uncovers the facts and explains how to get the most from your practice. Each asana is demonstrated with artworks that reveal the muscle and joint actions below the surface, safe alignment, and much more.This expanded edition features therapeutic sequences tailore

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Stretching for 50+: A Customized Program for Increasing Flexibility, Avoiding Injury and Enjoying an Active Lifestyle

Karl Knopf

4.2
An easy-to-start program for maintaining a mobile, active, and healthy lifestyle after 50 and beyond

Just ten minutes a day of these modified stretches is guaranteed to help you improve your mobility without pain or injury. Stretching for 50+ is filled with safe, easy routines for any age. Learn warm-ups and cool-downs, use tools like a strap, therapy balls and foam rollers, and discover plenty of
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Something Needs to Change

David Platt

4.2
New York Times best-selling author David Platt takes readers on a heart-wrenching, soul-searching journey through impoverished villages in the Himalayan mountains. With riveting passion and surprising vulnerability, Platt dares readers to make a difference in a world of urgent need, starting right where they live.

While leading a team on a week-long trek of the Himalayas, bestselling author and pas
Travell Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual: Two Volume Set: Second Edition/Volume 1 and First Edition/Volume 2 book cover37

Travell Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual: Two Volume Set: Second Edition/Volume 1 and First Edition/Volume 2

David G. Simons, Janet G. Travell, Lois S. Simons, Barbara D. Cummings

4.2
Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual.
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Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists

Thomas W. Myers

4.2
An accessible and comprehensive approach to the anatomy and function of the fascial system in the body combined with a holistic overview of myofascial therapy. Many different therapists now use myofascial techniques to influence postural change and pain relief. This book demonstrates exactly how the muscles connect within the connect tissue to affect posture, compensatory strain, and pain patterns
Breathe: A Life in Flow book cover39

Breathe: A Life in Flow

Rickson Gracie

4.2
Yoga Fitness for Men: Build Strength, Improve Performance, and Increase Flexibility book cover40

Yoga Fitness for Men: Build Strength, Improve Performance, and Increase Flexibility

Dean Pohlman

4.2
Maximize athletic performance, reduce post-workout aches, and help prevent injuries. With 25 yoga workouts, and over 50 key postures, you'll discover how yoga can make you stronger, fitter, and more mobile.

Mobility is one of the most important, yet overlooked elements of your fitness, which is why professional athletes are making yoga a regular part of their fitness routines; and GQ, HuffPost, and
ROAR, Revised Edition: Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong Body for Life book cover41

ROAR, Revised Edition: Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong Body for Life

Stacy T. Sims PhD

4.2
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ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life

Stacy Sims

4.2
Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one.

Because most nutrition products and training plans are designed for men, it’s no wonder that so many female athletes struggle to reach their full potential. ROAR is a comprehensive, physiology-based nutrition and training guide specifically designed for active women. This book teaches you everything you need to know to adapt your nutrition
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Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

C. S. Lewis

4.2

The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength, Perelandra continues the adventures of the extraordinary Dr. Ransom. Pitted against the most destructive of human weaknesses, temptation, the great man must battle evil on a new planet — Perelandra — when it is invaded by a dark force. Will Perelandra succumb to this ma

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Ultimate Flexibility: A Complete Guide to Stretching for Martial Arts

Sang H. Kim

4.2
A guide to stretching for martial arts, from the very basics of why you should stretch to detailed workout guidelines for every style and level of martial arts practice. It teaches you nearly 200 flexibility exercises that he has personally used to achieve the highest levels of flexibility.
Independence for Life: The Complete Guide to Building Strength and Regaining Mobility Beyond 50 book cover45

Independence for Life: The Complete Guide to Building Strength and Regaining Mobility Beyond 50

Will Harlow

4.2

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Thriving Beyond Fifty. Getting older doesn’t have to mean slowing down. Discover how to create a personalized plan to build strength, protect bone health, restore balance and improve mobility at any age.Physiotherapist and over-50s health specialist Will Harlow, who has helped millions through his YouTube channel, shows you how to build your own transfor

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Embodied Posture: Your Unique Body and Yoga

Stacy Dockins

4.2
Embodied Posture contains valuable information for yoga teachers and students alike. Embodied Posture Methodology, or EPM, empowers you to align yoga postures to best suit your uniqueness. Through over 25 years of studying the human body and teaching yoga, Stacy Dockins developed this innovative approach that integrates bio-individuality and long-term, sustainable functional wellness. Combining bo
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Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters

David Lesondak

4.2
Chair Yoga: Sit, Stretch, and Strengthen Your Way to a Happier, Healthier You book cover48

Chair Yoga: Sit, Stretch, and Strengthen Your Way to a Happier, Healthier You

Kristin McGee

4.2
From celebrity yoga instructor Kristin McGee comes this fun, accessible guide to 100 yoga poses and exercises that can be done in your chair and take just minutes a day.

For the majority of Americans living a sedentary lifestyle (from the card-carrying couch potatoes to the 86% of American workers who sit all day at their job) comes a comprehensive guide to the most accessible form of yoga…

Chair yo
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Job's Body

Deane Juhan

4.2
Possibly the most famous and widely used resource in therapeutic bodywork, this beautifully written, detailed and reader-friendly picture of how and why the body responds to touch is both scientifically reliable and inspiring. Furthering the presentation of recent research in biochemistry, cell biology and energy medicine in the Second Edition, this new and greatly expanded edition includes advanc
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Tight Hip, Twisted Core: The Key To Unresolved Pain

Christine Koth and Masha Pimas

4.2
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Stretching: Pocket Book Edition

Bob Anderson and Jean Anderson

4.1
Stretching has been selling steadily for over 30 years. The genius in the book is the use of clear line drawings to which readers relate (as opposed to photos).

There are two main sections: "The Stretches," with bulleted instructions for each stretch; and "The Routines," for everyday activities, for the office, for sports, and for specific body parts, with page number references to the instructions
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Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

C. S. Lewis

4.1
In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and plan to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there. Ransom discovers he has come from the 'silent planet' – Earth – whose tra
Somatics: Reawakening The Mind's Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health book cover53

Somatics: Reawakening The Mind's Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health

Thomas Hanna

4.1
When our bodies start to feel stiff, sore, or tired, we often say that we're "getting old." But is that really the problem?


In this groundbreaking work, Thomas Hanna shows that much of the physical decline associated with aging is not inevitable but avoidable. Building on the work of Moshe Feldenkrais, Hanna's practical program for the mind and body proves once and for all that problems you've alwa
Move Your DNA: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement, 2nd Edition book cover54

Move Your DNA: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement, 2nd Edition

Katy Bowman

4.1
Humorous, fascinating, and science?based, the bestselling first edition of Move Your DNA has been updated and expanded to include a comprehensive three-level exercise program. In layperson-friendly terms Move Your DNA addresses the vast quantities of disease we are suffering from, identifying our lack of movement as the primary cause. Readers can use the corrective exercises and lifestyle changes
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The Whartons' Stretch Book: Featuring the Breakthrough Method of Active-Isolated Stretching

Jim Wharton, Phil Wharton

4.1
Whether you're a serious competitor or weekend warrior, you know that proper stretching before and after your workout can improve your performance, increase your flexibility, help prevent injury, and make you feel better. But did you know that the traditional way of stretching -- lock your knees, bounce, hold, hurt, hold longer -- actually makes muscles tighter and more prone to injury?

There's a n
Treat Your Own Neck book cover56

Treat Your Own Neck

Robin McKenzie

4.1
If you have persistent neck pain, this informative step-by-step handbook will help you relieve your pain and prevent symptoms from occurring in the future. Learn the primary causes of neck pain and treatments for neck pain, plus a series of simple exercises designed to help alleviate your neck pain quickly and prevent any recurrence. Providing a comprehensive system of awareness, education and exe
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Yoga: The Top 100 Best Yoga Poses: Relieve Stress, Increase Flexibility, and Gain Strength

Susan Hollister

4.1
Do you feel sluggish, mentally exhausted, or disconnected from life?

Whether you want to (1) increase your strength and flexibility (2) relieve pain and prevent injury, or (3) reduce stress and become happier, then keep reading to discover how to easily do this with the best yoga positions of all time!

Enjoy beautiful pictures of all the major yoga poses.

Yoga is well known for increasing flexibility
Your Body, Your Yoga: Learn Alignment Cues That Are Skillful, Safe, and Best Suited To You book cover58

Your Body, Your Yoga: Learn Alignment Cues That Are Skillful, Safe, and Best Suited To You

Bernie Clark and Paul Grille

4.1

Yoga is big business today, and teacher training programs are booming. Yoga teachers have a thirst for anatomy training, but all books on yoga anatomy focus solely on the muscles. Your Body, Your Yoga goes beyond any prior yoga anatomy book available. It looks not only at the body’s unique anatomical structures and what this means to everyone’s individual range of motion, but also examines the phy

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131 Method: Your Personalized Nutrition Solution to Boost Metabolism, Restore Gut Health, and Lose Weight

Chalene Johnson

4.1
Chalene Johnson, New York Times best-selling author and award-winning entrepreneur who's built and sold several multimillion-dollar lifestyle companies, offers a revolutionary fitness program with proven success based on her successful online program of the same name.

Diets are dumb. You aren't.

Your personalized plan for gut health, wellness, and weight loss

You're smart. You're sick of gimmicks and
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The Naked Warrior: Master the Secrets of the Super-Strong - Using Bodyweight Exercises Only

Pavel Tsatsouline

4.1
Have you noticed-the greater a man's skill, the more he achieves with less? And the skill of strength is no exception. From the ancient days of Greek wrestling, to the jealously guarded secrets of Chinese Kung Fu masters, to the hard men of modern spec ops, warriors and allied strongmen have developed an amazing array of skills for generating inhuman strength.But these skills have been scattered f
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Yoga to Stay Young: Simple Poses to Keep You Flexible, Strong, and Pain-Free

Rachel Scott

4.1
Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully book cover62

Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully

Kelly Starrett

4.1
The Language of Yin: Yoga Themes, Sequences and Inspiration to Bring Your Class to Life and Life to Your Class book cover63

The Language of Yin: Yoga Themes, Sequences and Inspiration to Bring Your Class to Life and Life to Your Class

Gabrielle Harris

4.1
The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance book cover64

The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke

4.1
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The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage

Kelly McGonigal

4.1
The bestselling author of The Willpower Instinct introduces a surprising science-based book that doesn't tell us why we should exercise but instead shows us how to fall in love with movement.

Exercise is health-enhancing and life-extending, yet many of us feel it's a chore. But as Kelly McGonigal reveals, it doesn't have to be. Movement can and should be a source of joy.

Through her tradem
Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body & Defy Aging book cover66

Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body & Defy Aging

Ben Greenfield

4.1
What if the ability to look, feel, and perform at peak capacity wasn't the stuff of lore but instead was within easy reach?

Sure, some of us find ways to hit peak performance in one area or another—there are professional poker players, computer programmers, and race car drivers hunched over card games, keyboards, and steering wheels with optimized minds; UFC and NFL gladiators fighting for glory on
The Yoga Bible: The Definitive Guide to Yoga book cover67

The Yoga Bible: The Definitive Guide to Yoga

Christina Brown

4.1
Yoga brings not only a suppleness to the body but also a sense of spiritual and physical well-being to those who practice it. Featuring over 170 postures from the main schools of yoga, The Yoga Bible is the ultimate, comprehensive guide to practicing yoga and finding a mental and physical balance in life. The book encourages yoga beginners and experts alike to find a yoga sequence that suits their
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Integral Yoga Hatha

Sri Swami Satchidananda

4.1
In print constantly since 1970, this large format Hatha Yoga instruction guide is now recognized as a classic in its field. Over 160 large photographs show Hatha expert Sri Swami Satchidananda performing more than 80 postures, breathing practices, relaxation, cleansing and concentration techniques. Instructions are easy to follow and describe how the body and mind benefit from each pose. Practice
The Miracle Ball Method, Revised Edition: Relieve Your Pain, Reshape Your Body, Reduce Your Stress book cover69

The Miracle Ball Method, Revised Edition: Relieve Your Pain, Reshape Your Body, Reduce Your Stress

Elaine Petrone

4.1

Break the cycle of pain with the Miracle Ball Method. "After taking just one of Elaine’s ball therapy classes, I was asymptomatic for the first time in 15 years. I now recommend it to all of my patients."–– Fred Jones, D.C., Sunshine Chiropractic and Wellness, Merrick, NY The Miracle Ball Method is a revolutionary program designed to help relieve your pain, reshape your body, and reduce your stres

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Healing through Trigger Point Therapy: A Guide to Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction

Devin J. Starlanyl, John Sharkey, Amanda Williams

4.1
This book is about empowerment for chronic pain patients and care providers
alike. Every chronic pain condition has a treatable myofascial trigger point component, including fibromyalgia. Many of the localized symptoms now considered as fibromyalgia are actually due to trigger points. The central sensitization of fibromyalgia amplifies symptoms that trigger points cause, and this book teaches care
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Meridian Exercise for Self-Healing: Classified by Common Symptoms

Ilchi Lee

4.1
This full-color, user-friendly book identifies specific meridian exercises to alleviate common ailments, including headache, stress, colds, and flu, as well as more serious conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and thyroid disorders. Meridian exercise is a technique developed and perfected over the course of thousands of years in the Asian holistic healing traditions that consists of
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Yoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind and Heal Your Chronic Pain

Kelly McGonigal, Timothy McCall

4.1
It's no secret that yoga increases muscular flexibility and strength, but you may not know that yoga is a proven treatment for back pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other chronic pain conditions. Yoga also helps to ease the stress, anxiety, and depression that can create and reinforce pain, making you feel more comfortable in both your mind and your body.


Written by a yoga instructor an
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Restorative Yoga: Relax. Restore. Re-energize.

Caren Baginski

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Are you new to yoga and seek a calming introduction to the practice? Or an experienced practitioner who seeks a gentler style that will help heal your body while calming your soul?

Unlike more strenuous forms of yoga, restorative yoga emphasises long, gentle stretches, with multiple props to aid and support the movements. It's the perfect style for those who seek calm and comfort or for those who
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Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing: The Revolutionary Biomechanics Workout Program Used by Tour Pros: 1

Joey Diovisalvi, Steve Steinberg, et al.

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It’s time you had a smooth , fluid swing like PGA Tour pros

Golf tips and swing advice can only take you so far. In order to truly correct a flawed swing, the causes of the problems must be treated, not the symptoms. A bad swing doesn't always mean that you're doing things wrong---it’s just that your body isn’t letting you do things right. By understanding and changing your body you'll be able

Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body book cover75

Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body

Bruce Lee, John Little

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Learn the secrets to obtaining Bruce Lee's astounding physique with this insightful martial arts training book.

The Art of Expressing the Human Body, a title coined by Bruce Lee himself to describe his approach to martial arts, documents the techniques he used so effectively to perfect his body for superior health and muscularity.

Beyond his martial arts and acting abilities, Lee's physical appearan
The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body book cover76

The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body

Jill Miller, Kelly Starrett

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LIVE BETTER IN YOUR BODY.

Pain is an epidemic. It prevents you from performing at your best because it robs you of concentration, power, and peace of mind. But most pain is preventable and treatable, and healing is within your grasp. Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe have taken life “by the balls” and circumvented a dismal future of painkillers, surgeries, and hopelessness by using J
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Neck Check: Chronic Neck Pain Relief Once and For All (Super Spine)

Sean Sumne

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100 No-Equipment Workouts Vol. 1: Fitness Routines You Can Do Anywhere, Any Time book cover78

100 No-Equipment Workouts Vol. 1: Fitness Routines You Can Do Anywhere, Any Time

Neila Rey

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Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world use Darebee bodyweight, no-equipment workouts to exercise at home.

The 100 Workouts Book is for everyone who wants to stay active, get fit, build muscle tone and/or shed extra weight in the home environment without acquiring any extra equipment. Be in complete control of your fitness. No more worrying about the right equipment, the right attire, f
Anatomy for Runners: Unlocking Your Athletic Potential for Health, Speed, and Injury Prevention book cover79

Anatomy for Runners: Unlocking Your Athletic Potential for Health, Speed, and Injury Prevention

Jay Dicharry

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Tired of getting the same treatments from doctors that didn’t heal his joint and muscle pain from running, Jay Dicharry decided to combine different fields of clinical care, biomechanical analysis, and coaching to help you avoid common injuries and become the best runner you can be.

Running has become more and more popular in recent years, with thousands of people entering marathons, buying new run
Foundation: Redefine Your Core, Conquer Back Pain, and Move with Confidence book cover80

Foundation: Redefine Your Core, Conquer Back Pain, and Move with Confidence

Eric Goodman

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RADICALLY REDEFINE YOUR CORE

Foundation by Dr. Eric Goodman and Peter Park shifts the training focus from the front of your body to the back. By strengthening the full posterior chain and correcting poor movement patterns, you will maximize power, flexibility, and endurance and say goodbye to back pain.
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The Concise Book of Muscles

Chris Jarmey

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A clear, simple guide for students of anatomy as well as an excellent resource for athletes, massage therapists, and anyone interested in the workings of the human body, this user-friendly book is organized around six muscle groups. They include muscles of the face head, and neck; the trunk; the shoulder and upper arm; the forearm and hand; the hip and thigh; and the leg and foot. Each of the grou
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Zen in the Martial Arts

Joe Hyams

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A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action."-- "Samurai Maximum."Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyam reveals to you how the daily application of Zen principles not only developed his physical expertise b
Reformer Pilates For Beginners: A Step-by-Step 30-Day Workout Guide With 100+ Illustrated Exercises to Build Core Strength, Improve Posture and Mobility and Tone Your Body Safely book cover83

Reformer Pilates For Beginners: A Step-by-Step 30-Day Workout Guide With 100+ Illustrated Exercises to Build Core Strength, Improve Posture and Mobility and Tone Your Body Safely

Jessica Whitmore

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Discover the 30-Day Plan to Build a Stronger Core and Better Posture!Do you feel unsure about what to do, how to do it correctly, or whether you’re using the Reformer the right way?Would a step-by-step 30-day plan with 100+ illustrations make it easier to stop guessing and finally train with confidence?If every workout leaves you wondering whether your form is right, your core is really working, o

The Pilates Body: The Ultimate At-Home Guide to Strengthening, Lengthening and Toning Your Body- Without Machines book cover84

The Pilates Body: The Ultimate At-Home Guide to Strengthening, Lengthening and Toning Your Body- Without Machines

Brooke Siler

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The Pilates® method may be today's hottest exercise, but it has been endorsed by physicians for almost a century. Originally developed by Joseph H. Pilates to help strengthen and condition muscles, Pilates is the ultimate mind-body exercise for anyone who wants to tone, streamline, and realign their body without the bulked-up results of more conventional workout methods.

Now, in The Pilates® Body,
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The 4 X 4 Diet: 4 Key Foods, 4-Minute Workouts, Four Weeks to the Body You Want

Erin Oprea

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Discover the 4 key foods and the 4-minute workouts that will change the way you look and feel in just 4 weeks.

Celebrity trainer and former marine Erin Oprea's motto is "lean and clean." Her unique 4 x 4 diet shows you how to get clean by reducing the 4 major hitches in most diets: sugar, starch, sodium, and alcohol. She also tells you how to get lean, using her 4-minute tabata workouts: 8 repititi
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Stretch

Doreen Cronin, Scott Menchin

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Can you stretch to the ceiling? Can you stretch to the floor? You can stretch with a whisper, you can stretch with a roar! Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin give new meaning to the yoga pose downward facing dog as publishing’s most energetic pooch explores the many, many ways a kid can get limber. More than simple toe touching, this pup stretches to ride a breeze, grab a snack from a tree, catch a w
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Pilates

Rael Isacowitz

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A comprehensive guide to Pilates for all experience levels. The most acclaimed, comprehensive guide for Pilates is back with all-new photos and more variations, modifications, and progressions than ever before. In Pilates, Third Edition, world-renowned Pilates expert Rael Isacowitz draws on over four decades of experience to offer you a path to total health and well-being through the Pilates metho

Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World book cover88

Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World

Kelly Starrett and Glen Cordoza

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The RBG Workout: A Supremely Good Exercise Program

Bryant Johnson

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A fun, fully illustrated exercise book that details Ruth Bader Ginsburg's workout, written by her trainer

Have you ever wondered what keeps Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the Supreme Court's favorite octogenarians, so sprightly? She owes it all to her personal trainer, Bryant Johnson, whom she refers to as “the most important person in [her] life.” But don't despair, now you too can work out with Bry
The Pilates Body, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Ultimate At-Home Guide to Strengthening, Lengthening, and Revitalizing Your Body--Without Machines book cover90

The Pilates Body, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Ultimate At-Home Guide to Strengthening, Lengthening, and Revitalizing Your Body--Without Machines

Brooke Siler

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The definitive guide to mat-based Pilates from a renowned, celebrity trainer with more than three decades of experience—now with a new chapter of matwork-enhancing strategies and sixteen variations on classic exercisesSince its publication in 2000, The Pilates Body has helped hundreds of thousands readers around the world discover the power of Pilates. Originally developed in the early 1900s by Jo

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Stretching & Flexibility

Kit Laughlin

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Everyone knows that stretching is good for you, for all sorts of reasons -- but the most important one is rarely mentioned. Stretching feels great to do and leaves you feeling wonderful. How to get the most out of this aspect of stretching is part of what the book is about.No matter whether you're an office worker wondering how to stretch that tight spot between your shoulders and neck or a martia
Whole Body Barefoot: Transitioning Well to Minimal Footwear book cover92

Whole Body Barefoot: Transitioning Well to Minimal Footwear

Katy Bowman

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End Everyday Pain for 50+: A 10-Minute-a-Day Program of Stretching, Strengthening and Movement to Break the Grip of Pain

Dr. Joseph Tieri

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Discover simple methods that will provide you with quick relief and lasting solutions to everyday pain by fixing your body’s alignment through stretching and movement.

End muscle and joint pain for good. You’ve probably heard that as you get older, you are guaranteed to have more muscle and joint pain. That’s simply not true. These chronic ailments arise from years of decreased activity and poor po
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Foam Rolling

Sam Woodworth

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Target key trigger points, achieve self-myofascial release, and reduce muscle pain in the comfort of your own home with Foam Rolling.

This step-by-step guidebook features more than 60 foam roller exercises and 20 lifestyle-specific programs to relieve pain, speed recovery, and improve mobility. A sought-after method of treatment for athletes and those with injury or mobility issues, the exercises u
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The Modern Art and Science of Mobility

Aurelien Broussal-Derval

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Live pain free and maximize your training potential!

The Modern Art and Science of Mobility is a striking visual guide to releasing muscle tension and activating muscles for functional motion. It goes beyond traditional training methods that focus on performance and aesthetics and asks these simple questions:
Are you truly reaping the full benefits of training if it does not include mobility exercis
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Keep Calm and Stretch: 44 Stretching Exercises To Increase Flexibility, Relieve Pain, Prevent Injury, And Stay Young!

Julie Schoen and Little Pear

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5-Minute Core Exercises for Seniors: Daily Routines to Build Balance and Boost Confidence book cover97

5-Minute Core Exercises for Seniors: Daily Routines to Build Balance and Boost Confidence

Cindy Brehse

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Relax into Stretch: Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension

Pavel Tsatsouline

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Conventional stretching attempts to literally elongate your tissues, which is dangerous and ineffective. Relax into Stretch simply teaches your muscles to relax into a stretch. If you compare traditional training to a messy hardware reorganization, then Relax into Stretch is an efficient software upgrade.While stretching tissues may take years, changes in the nervous system are immediate! Your mus
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7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain

Robin McKenzie, Craig Kubey

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The phenomenon known as the McKenzie Method has helped millions of people with chronic back and neck pain. In 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life, its founder, world-renowned physical therapist Robin McKenzie, shares the innovative program that can save you from a life of pain. 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life combines and enhances McKenzie's back and neck books that have sold more than 5.5 million copies worl
Built from Broken: A Science-Based Guide to Healing Painful Joints, Preventing Injuries, and Rebuilding Your Body book cover100

Built from Broken: A Science-Based Guide to Healing Painful Joints, Preventing Injuries, and Rebuilding Your Body

Scott H Hogan

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National Bestseller. Revised & Expanded 2026 Edition. Heal painful joints, prevent injuries, and rebuild your body from the ground up. (If mainstream fitness advice has left you broken down and beat up, it’s time for a new strategy.)Most middle-aged fitness enthusiasts and athletes have been dragged down by joint pain, injuries, and other ailments commonly accepted as “part of getting older.” But