Gain strength and mobility while living a pain-free life at any age using this revolutionary technique created by former ballerina, New York Times bestselling author, and star of PBS’s Classical Stretch, Miranda Esmonde-White.
The fields of sports and fitness are presently dominated by injury and chronic pain. Scientific studies are proving that the old philosophy of “No Pain, No Gain” is false and that pain and injuries are unnecessary biproducts of physical activity. For decades, former ballerina and New York Times bestselling author of Aging Backwards, Miranda Esmonde-White, has been developing a solution to the chronic pain produced by a lifetime of injuries and ageing, leaving her as spry later in life as most of us would dream to be in our twenties.
The secret to mobility, strength, flexibility, good posture, and peak fitness is a daily Essentrics workout. Miranda’s revolutionary technique is paving the way to create younger, stronger more mobile bodies without injury or pain. This trailblazing program rooted in science has delivered world champions and Olympic medalists by preventing injuries and healing pain. Now, for the first time, it is available in book form offering:
-A large range of motion sequences to strengthen the entire musculoskeletal system
-Bonus posture workouts tailored for athletes, peak performers, and users who want to minimize back and joint pain
-Information and strategies to completely restore the body
-And much more.
The Miracle of Flexibility offers a blueprint for using this revolutionary range-of-motion-strengthening technique in your own home. With no equipment required, this method has been successfully taught around the world by thousands of certified instructors. It builds strength, increases range of motion, and assists in recovering from chronic pain and injuries.
Both the book and the DVDs show how to work your entire body so that you increase your range of motion and feel more flexible. I'm happy to have discovered this gentle and effective method of exercise.
80 percent of this book is a break down of her moves with both pictures and text.
I do her workouts but I also wanted physical documentation to keep for the rest of my life. This will outlast dvds and I can take it with me on a remote vacation where I don't have other media. It is almost an academic study book to reference.
Classic Stretch instructors or nerds like me will want this book. The rest may not be so interested.
I have her other books on Kindle but this one you definitely want to get a physical copy of.
One thing in this program is that you never stop moving in the exercises - they’re fluid and flowing, and I think this book has done a good job capturing it as well as they can with the pictures. I noticed a couple of the workouts from the book are now on their streaming platform, Essentrics TV, so hopefully they’ll add more! If you’re brand new to the technique, I definitely recommend trying those videos or looking for an Essentrics instructor in your area! It’s been so helpful for me to learn how to do the exercises correctly and know that my alignment is safe (which keeps my muscles and joints happy!) And personally, I like know why I’m doing a movement (rather than just mindlessly doing an exercise), so I don’t mind when Miranda talks about fascia or connective tissue while teaching ;)
Get this book!!! Essentrics will transform your life for the better!
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and it's important to see how good form and knowing your limits maximize effectiveness and desire to make good habits out of an exercise.