Stretching Anatomy hits the market as the only book that provides fully detailed anatomical illustrations of each muscle activated during any given stretch. Flexibility is an important component of overall fitness and strength, so this book is a perfect complement to the bestselling Strength Training Anatomy and Wome?s Strength Training Anatomy, which have sold more than 600,000 copies combined. Like these titles, Stretching Anatomy is akin to having a full-color X-ray for every stretch, starting at the neck and working all the way down to the feet. Stretching provides numerous benefits, including improved flexibility, stamina, and muscular strength and reduced muscle soreness. This book shows exactly how to reap them all with detailed instruction on changes in position to alter the muscle emphasis and difficulty and variations to improve safety and effectiveness. Tables that detail joint movement round out each chapter, summarizing all of the muscles depicted, along with the actions these muscles genera