Relax into Stretch simply teaches your muscles to relax into a stretch. If you compare traditional training to a messy hardware reorganization, then Relax into Stretch is an efficient software upgrade.While stretching tissues may take years, changes in the nervous system are immediate! Your muscles will start noticeably elongating from your first Relax into Stretch practice -- and within months you will have achieved a level of flexibility uncommon in our species. -- Pavel Tsatsouline
^Pavel Tsatsouline (2001). Relax Into Stretch: Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle TensionISBN 9780938045281 (revised Dec 2015)
^Pavel TsatsoulineRelax into Stretch : Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension by Pavel Tsatsouline (2010, Paperback)ISBN 9780938045281 (revised Mar 2015)
^Pavel TsatsoulineRelax into Stretch : Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension, Dragon Door Publications. Amazon. ISBN 9780938045281 (revised Nov 2014)
^Tsatsouline, Pavel (2014). Relax into Stretch: Instant Flexiblity Through Mastering Muscle Tension, Midpoint Trade Books Inc. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9780938045281 (revised Dec 2023)
^Relax Into Stretch: Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle TensionIndigo. ISBN 9780938045281 (revised May 2016)
I almost didn't buy this book because some of the reviews are so negative...but I'm glad I did anyway. A few points:1. This method absolutely works...I say this after studying karate for 4 years (hundreds of kicks, stretching that included pouring water on the floor and having someone push down on your back, staying in stretched positions for up to an hour, etc..) yoga, stretch machines, standard stretch routines. Through all this, my stretch increased very little. I couldn't even sit on the floor with cro..
All of Pavel's books including Relax Into Stretch have excellentinformation which it hard to find else where. However Pavel never invented the exercises nor he came up the research himself. However it is one of better stretching books in the market and I have got better results in my stretches with information found in Pavel's book. The main downside of thisbook and other Pavel's books is that his books including Relax Into Stretch are overpriced. That's why I put a three stars on this one. For those whom ..