Fitness Management
In Stretching Scientifically, there are some new ideas and some interesting twists on an old subject. The author is from the Eastern Bloc, and the book carries this slant with both information and methods of flexibility training. This text has value for the fitness professional with a high interests in the nuances of flexibility development.

...Three items from Tom Kurz, athlete, instructor, coach, and graduate of the University School of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland: a videotape Secrets of Stretching, and two books: Stretching Scientifically and Science of Sports Training. Tom presents a uniquely Eastern European look at this practical subject matter. The video chiefly focuses on the exercises and techniques necessary to achieve a dramatic full split position, while the books emphasize the technical aspect of stretching and sports training.

Stanislaw Przybylski, M.D., Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego (University School of Physical Education), Gdansk, Poland
Rare are the books whose authors demonstrate the training methods they write about. Stretching Scientifically is one such book. This is a classic combination of knowledge with experience. Works like this inspire trust...

"Excellent anatomical and neurological explanation, and demonstration of dynamic, static active, isometric, and relaxed stretches. Great concept of sample workouts that show how to incorporate discussed principles of flexibility training into various sports.

Martial Arts Training September 1997
"explains stretching in agonizing detail. The best are the exercise routines. They work. Many martial artists swear by these methods."

Book Description
Use our method to attain maximum height in your kicks and to be able to kick at that height with no warm-up! Learn: * How to stretch safely and quickly to achieve and maintain your maximum flexibility * How to make your muscles grow stronger and longer so you stay flexible all the time * How to do splits even if you are over 40 or 50 * How to kick high and do splits with no warm-up * How to develop each of the three kinds of flexibility—dynamic, static active and static passive—to suit every athlete's needs * What exercises are "no-no's" if you want to stretch your muscles * All the factors limiting flexibility * Brilliantly simple tests of hip joint mobility and muscle length that dispel common misconceptions of what limits flexibility the most

From the Publisher
The fourth edition of STRETCHING SCIENTIFICALLY, A Guide to Flexibility Training (copyright 2003), by Thomas Kurz, is now available from Stadion Publishing Inc. Improved layout and more photos enhance the most up-to-date science explained in practical terms for athletes, instructors, and coaches. As always, flexibility expert Kurz stresses the correct sequences of exercises and stretches that make up his safest and fastest stretching method. If you teach others, you must know this method. "You have to know when to do which stretch to get the most out of it," Kurz said. "It is like putting on your socks and shoes--what goes on first makes a lot of difference!" The "Questions and Answers" chapter is bigger and divided into sections such as Injuries and Stretching, Pain or Soreness and Stretching, Age and Stretching, What and When, Sounds In and Around Joints. Kurz also includes a simple test that will let you test your flexibility potential.