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Title:
Anatomy for runners : unlocking your athletic potential for health, speed, and injury prevention
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2012.
Physical Description:
x, 309 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781620871591
Contents:
Run like an athlete -- Baby biomechanics: The physics of running -- Microanatomy: What are you made of? -- Beyond the mileage log: There's more to it than running hard runs and long runs -- Soft tissue mobility: Did Gumby have it right? -- Dynamic neuromuscular strength: Make a smarter, stronger spring -- The footwear wrecking ball is swinging back hard, folks: Don't let it smack you in the head! -- Essentials of running gait: The human slingshot -- Assessment and development of the athlete within: Redifining the body you've come to know and love -- Putting Humpty Dumpty back together again: Corrective exercises.
Language:
English
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