The fourth edition of Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training teaches:

• 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