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Reddit mentions of Relax into Stretch: Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension
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I've read so many books that I honestly cannot say that any particular one is the most important. However, here's a list of really good ones:
I've read so many more books than that. Since these are the only ones that I can think of off the top of my head, I'd say that they are the ones that have made the biggest impression from reading them.
It's simple physiology. The muscles aren't physically short, it's just that we have a thing called the stretch reflex that freaks out when we move our muscles outside a certain range of motion, and causes the muscle to contract in order to stop the motion.
When a doctor whacks our knee with a hammer, they're testing the stretch reflex. The hammer impact causes a small and momentary lengthening of the quads, and the stretch reflex counteracts it by contracting the.
What stretching does is create a "new normal" in terms of RoM for the muscle. It is a retraining of the nervous system, not the muscle tissue, and for this reason, frequency is key.
If you want to read more about it, Glorious Socialist Athletics authors Pavel Tsatsouline and Thomas Kurz have written excellent books about it.
You have two options here:
Also, dynamic stretching is to be done at the beginning of your workout, and passive at the end.
I like both of these:
http://phraktured.net/starting-stretching.html
http://www.amazon.com/Relax-into-Stretch-Flexibility-Mastering/dp/0938045288
along with band hamstring stretches, couch stretch, and squat to stand.
try this book out, I got good results with it.
http://www.amazon.com/Relax-into-Stretch-Flexibility-Mastering/dp/0938045288
I don't know about specifically for Muay Thai, but I've heard great things about this book for general flexibility: http://www.amazon.com/Relax-into-Stretch-Flexibility-Mastering/dp/0938045288
Check out this guy. He has an interesting philosophy on stretching that seems to work pretty well. There are also some videos of his on Youtube you can watch for free where he explains a lot of his ideas and exercises.
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I really love Pavel Tsatsouline's Relax Into Stretch. Very effective.
This book was pretty interesting.
Relax into Stretch
Stretching Scientifically
If I were to buy one book about stretching, which one do you recommend and for what reason? Main one I would like to look at is the isometric stretching for side splits.