Stretch!: Seven Daily Movements to Set Your Body Free, Hardcover

The sedentary nature of modern life for many people in the west means muscles and joints that slowly tighten over the years. All of a sudden you realize that you can't sit comfortably in a squat, touch your toes, or get up from sitting on the floor without using your hands. If we don't use the movement, we lose the movement--Stretch guides the reader through a daily program of seven simple stretches to regain essential lost movement. With three variations of each, staggered throughout the working day, it has never been easier to combat common aches and pains.

About author(s):Roger Frampton is a movement coach specializing in functional performance and is the creator of the Frampton Method. His revolutionary training techniques place emphasis on conscious movement. He combines bodyweight exercises with aspects of gymnastics and yoga to help us better understand the natural functionality of our bodies, with the aim of preventing pain and returning us to the fluid way we moved as children. He is also the author of the bestselling The Flexible Body.