Stretching Exercises

It’s never too late to start stretching exercises for health, strength, and mobility! Do you find yourself getting stiffer and more tense with age? Do the active hobbies you used to love suddenly cause you pain or injury? Regular stretching keeps our limbs flexible, elongated, and healthy at any age. As we move from middle age into our senior years, it becomes even more important. In fact, a stretching routine will help build good posture, encourage muscle relaxation, and relieve many aches and pains. It can even improve your mental state through mindfulness and relaxation!

As a top-level decathlete for 25 years, Joe Hippensteel sustained over 100 injuries and searched the medical world and alternative and physical therapies to find a way to eliminate pain and injuries in training with little success. So he discovered and developed the magic 24 Ranges of Motion you’ll learn in this book. With this new methodology, Joe was able to train harder, longer, and at a more intense level for many more years, pain and injury free.

As we get older, our muscles get tired, and we struggle to achieve the agility we once had. Luckily, there are solutions! Stretching is important to keep our bodies functioning in optimal health, and the benefits are endless. Properly stretching our bodies is even more critical in our older age, as our range of motion becomes restricted and our bodies become tight. If you want to learn how to stretch your body to maintain your physical health, then you need the invaluable resources in this book.

Now that you're older, you may not spend much time flexing in front of the mirror or trying to add inches to your vertical leap. So why bother lifting weights? The truth is that building your muscles is more important than ever at this stage of life. Muscles tend to weaken with age, and this decline can eventually rob seniors of their active, independent lifestyles. Just like muscles, bones naturally get weaker as we age. Strength training exercises put weight on bones and muscles throughout the body to maintain mobility and prevent future injuries. Strength training is a style of exercise ...

In a world where we spend hours stuck at our desks, hunched over screens or carrying heavy bags, poor posture has silently become a global issue. The effects? Chronic back pain, stiff necks, restricted mobility, and even diminished confidence. But what if you could reverse the damage and restore your posture effectively? In The Posture Pandemic, movement and fitness expert Nick Swettenham takes a refreshingly practical approach to correcting posture problems at their root.

Fascia is a single, interconnected web of tissue that runs from the top of your head to the bottoms of your feet. It surrounds every organ, every muscle, every bone, and every nerve fiber. And it has an astonishing range of functions. At Complete Wellness, New York City's number one pain management clinic, director Dr. Daniel Fenster is using both high-tech and low-tech fascia therapies to change the lives of thousands of people for the better. With this book, you'll learn if you have fascia-related problems - and if so, how serious they are.

What if the ability to look, feel, and perform at peak capacity wasn’t the stuff of lore but instead was within easy reach? In Boundless, the New York Times best-selling author of Beyond Training and health and fitness leader Ben Greenfield offers a first-of-its-kind blueprint for total human optimization. Boundless guides you every step of the way to becoming an expert in what makes your brain tick, your body work, and your spirit happy.

If you’re a man over 50 who’s tired of feeling stiff, sluggish, or sidelined by pain, this book is your starting point to reclaim strength, mobility, and energy—naturally. You don’t need grueling gym sessions or risky workouts to get strong again. What you need is a smart, sustainable approach that restores your body’s natural design. Stretching for Strength Beyond 50 delivers exactly that—a practical, effective system to help you move better, feel younger, and live with confidence. This book will show you how to: Restore flexibility in your hips, shoulders, and back to move ...

Transform Your Life in Just 28 Days with Chair Yoga—Even If You’ve Never Tried Yoga Before! Are you looking for a safe, effective way to stay active, boost mobility, and enhance your well-being—all from the comfort of your chair? Whether you're managing chronic pain, recovering from injury, or simply seeking gentle movement that supports your lifestyle, Chair Yoga for Seniors Over 60 is your go-to wellness guide. This inspiring book is perfect for seniors seeking chair exercises, chair yoga, and easy fitness routines that improve strength, balance, and flexibility—without the stress...

Discover the science-based formula for losing weight while eating and sitting down. Hundreds of over 60s already revolutionize their golden years in just 5 minutes daily. You can do it, too! Last thing you need in the golden years, the phase where you should enjoy every moment rather than feel dependent on others. Carrying excess weight as you age only places more strain on stiff joints, further limiting mobility. Are you experiencing the infamous morning stiffness? Looking at the mirror makes you feel worse, especially if you see sagging skin, excess neck folds, or a newly shapeless belly....

In Stop Missing Your Life, mindfulness teacher Cory Muscara takes us on a journey into the heart of what is required for real change, growth, and happiness. He exposes how the phrase "be present" has become little more than a platitude, imbued with the misguided message to be present just for the sake of being present, and reveals how to achieve true Presence: a quality of being that is unmistakably attractive about a person, and one that only comes when we've peeled back the layers of guarding that prevent us from being our full, honest, and integrated selves in the world.

Over the last fifty years, women have made extraordinary advances in athletics. More women than ever are playing sports and staying active longer. Whether they’re elite athletes looking for an edge or enthusiastic amateurs, women deserve a culture of sports that helps them thrive: training programs and equipment designed to work with their bodies, as well as guidelines for nutrition and injury prevention that are based in science and tailored to their lived experience. Yet too often the guidance women receive is based on research that fails to consider their experiences or their bodies.

Do you want to feel as nimble and carefree as you were at 21? Do you want to be able to touch your toes or train with no fear of pain and soreness? We all do, right? There are a set of proper physiotherapist-designed stretches that target the problem area with more than double the effectiveness. These stretches have been put into a tailored routine to tackle the most common causes of pain stiffness and inflexibility to get you as active and pain-free as you were at 21.

In today’s culture, everyone seems to be continuously plugged into an electronic device. Sedentary lifestyles result in hours spent with your body like a human question mark—head forward and shoulders rounding. Reverse Bad Posture Exercises to the rescue! The 21 exercises in this audiobook are designed to fix forward head posture, rounded shoulders, and hunched back posture in just 15 minutes per day. Take it everywhere you go, and you can feel confident that you will be able to improve your posture and prevent neck, shoulder, and back pain from wreaking havoc on your life.

Starting today, you don't have to live in pain. That is the revolutionary message of The Egoscue Method, a breakthrough system for eliminating musculoskeletal pain without drugs, surgery, or expensive physical therapy. Developed by Pete Egoscue, an internationally renowned physiologist and injury consultant to some of the most successful performers in all walks of life, The Egoscue Method has helped millions of people feel and move better. Inside, you'll find a step-by-step guide designed to return the body to its balanced, pain-free state and provide quick and lasting relief.

Are you concerned about your diminishing stability and the risk of falling injuries? Starting today, you can put those fears to rest by learning how to restore perfect balance through easy exercises in just 5 minutes! Suddenly, you feel older than you did yesterday. Even worse, these moments come unexpectedly or more often than you wish. These experiences threaten your independence! Your concerns are valid! Did you know falling, typically sideways, is responsible for 95% of hip fractures? And very often, the bones fracture before you fall because of a lack of balance. You need a workout to ...

If you want to eliminate your fitness fears & discover how to transform your body with chair yoga and other healthy habits, read on! As the years go by, are you finding it harder to keep your body moving and feeling good? Have you noticed your body isn't as strong or flexible as it used to be? Are you feeling the weight of a few extra pounds you just can’t seem to shed? Chair Yoga for Weight Loss provides a supportive and non-intimidating approach to fitness. With simple chair exercises and achievable goals, you can build confidence in your abilities and feel empowered to take control of ...

Aren’t you tired of hitting roadblocks to your fitness goals based on what equipment you can or can’t afford? You’re not alone. So many people want to be fitter versions of themselves, but so many of them often feel like it’s way out of their reach. With the steep cost of items like workout machines, handheld weights, or even yoga mats, on top of the variety of equipment, we’re told we’ll need to work all the muscle groups we want, it’s no wonder many fitness dreams fizzle out before they start. Most people don’t have that kind of money or space, and no one wants to be ...

Burn fat, build lean, sexy muscles, lose inches, and feel healthier, more energetic, and youthful than you ever have in your life...with a revolutionary new approach to resistance training.

Would you like to know how to lose weight and improve your fitness without having to go to the gym every day or follow a rigid diet? We all know that we need to exercise more in order to become fitter and maintain a healthy weight. Well, you do not need to take up an expensive gym membership or follow a strict diet. Walking has become increasingly the go-to exercise as more people are becoming aware of the multiple benefits it offers. Adopting a walking lifestyle can significantly improve our lives, making us more active, healthier, and happier. With the rise in popularity of pedometers, ...