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Becoming A Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance Hardcover – 23 April 2013

by Kelly Starrett (Author), Glen Cordoza (Author)
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Improve your athletic performance, extend your athletic career, treat body stiffness and achy joints, and rehabilitate injuries - all without having to seek out a coach, doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist or masseur. In Becoming a Supple Leopard, Kelly Starrett - founder of MobilityWod.com - shares his revolutionary approach to mobility and maintenance of the human body and teaches you how to hack your own human movement, allowing you to live a healthy, happier, more fulfilling life.
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  1. Print length
    402 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Victory Belt Publishing
  4. Publication date
    23 April 2013
  5. Dimensions
    21.59 x 3.05 x 27.64 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1936608588
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1936608584
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Victory Belt Publishing (23 April 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 402 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1936608588
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1936608584
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.59 x 3.05 x 27.64 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,396 ratings

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Glen Cordoza

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Glen Cordoza is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Selling author, and a former professional mixed martial artist and Muay Thai boxer. He is one of the most published authors on the topics of MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, and fitness with twenty books to his credit.

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Ivan Vilela
5.0 out of 5 stars Se livre de dores e seja mais saudável.
Reviewed in Brazil on 26 October 2016
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Becoming a Supple Leopard nos mostra como podemos dar manutenção no nosso corpo e como podemos nos livrar de dores e incômodos os quais aceitávamos como parte da vida.
Dividido em duas partes, o autor mostra, na primeira, os principais exercícios para desenvolver um corpo forte e saudável. Na segunda, nos mostra como melhorar a mobilidade do nosso corpo e como nos livrar de dores, incômodos e problemas que aquelas vinte sessões de fisioterapia não resolveram.
De fato, o que mais chama atenção no livro é o fato de que os métodos comumente utilizados nos tratamentos de dores, acidente e pós-operatórios são ineficazes e, em muitos casos, inúteis. Descobri esse livro procurando por uma solução para uma dor em minha lombar (depois de 20 sessões inúteis de fisioterapia) e, além de resolver isso, melhorei minha postura, minha mobilidade (flexibilidade), meu joelho (cuja dor eu aceitava como consequência da "idade") e meu ombro esquerdo.
O mais incrível, no entanto, é como são simples e fáceis de aplicar os métodos ensinados. Por quê eles não são aplicados nos tratamentos comuns? Por quê eu nunca tinha ouvido falar nessas soluções antes, sendo eu atleta desde a infância?
O livro é grande e um pouco caro, além de não ter em português. Mas um corpo mais saudável, forte e sem dores vai além disso tudo.
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Thomas Renard
5.0 out of 5 stars Une bible
Reviewed in France on 15 April 2015
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Indispensable a tout athlète désireux d'améliorer ses performances et sa récupération.
Tout y est indiqué, notamment pour le Crossfit :
- Mouvements
- Étirements / Assouplissements
- Auto massages

Et la philosophie de l'auteur que j'ai trouvé intéressante
Je recommande !
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Deadly Ninja
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be called "Becoming a Silent Ninja Ready to Strike at All Times Even in the Dark and After Standing in a House For Hours"
Reviewed in Canada on 1 May 2013
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Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be as agile as the ninjas you see so often on TV? Oh, you've never seen a ninja?! There's a good reason for that - they are NINJAS.

Ninjas are fast and graceful, and you always see them doing crazy things with their body that involves wicked flexibility. Where does all that flexibility come from? How do you think they recover after being beaten down by Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Jet Li or Jackie Chan? By reading this book, targeting their goats, smashing their psoas, freeing their matted down tissues and working out other downstream issues they become more agile and deadly than ever and recover far faster from deadly one-inch punches to the face.

Last thing to mention, is that ninjas are never in anything like a pain cave. They brave out their training and all their fights to the death. The pain cave or a pain "face" means nothing to them. Except for above mentioned deadly one-inch punch to the face. But then they're dead.

Basically, become a leopard, become a ninja, become anything extreme and more awesome (I scribbled "Snow" above Leopard, because my spirit animal is a Snow Leopard).

Enjoy this book. But don't. Because if you do the exercises, it will hurt. In a good way. Like if your favourite movie star crush strapped you down and ripped your pants off. But then again, you're now a ninja - so that will never happen.
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Eric Lane
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it, Read it (all of it), Implement it all NOW!!
Reviewed in the United States on 28 April 2013
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I must first let you know that I am not one to review books. I wrote my first book almost 2 years ago and I understand the incredible task it is to undertake something that Kelly has done. I have read hundreds of books in my life. Going through Pre-Med and then on through Chiropractic School I was expected to read every book having to do with anatomy, physiology, neurology, and you name it. I have spent over 20 years treating patients for back, neck, shoulder, hip, elbow, wrist, knee, and ankle problems. I have attended over a hundred seminars dedicated to teaching me to better understand the dynamics of the human body and how to help my patients heal faster and completely. I have also dedicated a large percentage of my practice to treating athletes and the injuries they suffer. Also being certified in Physiotherapy I have always tried to stay as competent as I can to help them heal from their injuries and most importantly to help prevent them.

I came across Kelly's work over a year ago through his mobilityWOD.com site. I was so impressed with the dedication he showed by posting a daily video on helping others not only treat but prevent injuries. When I heard of his upcoming book I can say for the first time in a long time I was very excited for a new book to read. I pre-ordered it many months ago and continued to check for its release like a kid waiting for Christmas. I received my copy early this week and after spending about 4 days and unable to put it down, reading it at every opportunity, let me summarize my thoughts on what I can say without question is the absolute best volume of information I have ever seen compiled in one book that addresses the human body.

With nearly 400 pages and bound like your college textbooks (Large and Hardcover) it is built to be used and last. You know that book you have. The one that has been taken with you most everywhere. Has stains and abrasions all over it. Marked all up with highlighters, underlined and has sticky tabs or folded pages to help you quickly access those impressive parts-it will be like that one. If you are like me once you get your first copy, you will not only buy a second for the office but download the digital copy for your iPad/Iphone or electronic device. Believe me you will be referencing this book thousands of time in your life so you will want a copy with you whenever you have a few minutes to read.

Next you will be impressed with the outline-the way the book is laid out. From the stunning photo's that are easy to understand to the overall layout and how easy it is to access sections of the book. You will find it easy as you read to understand the way Kelly teaches you, not only how to treat injuries but much more importantly how to prevent them. With that being said I know many will take this book and head straight to the second half of the book where Kelly goes over each part of the body and teaches you how to treat injuries you are dealing with. The approach he uses is detailed and 100% on spot. You will see instant results with these treatments. You will be amazed that he has taken the complex body and in small easy steps teaches us how to fix/treat problems that are effecting the quality of our lives. But if you only spend time at the back of the book you will be missing in my mind the GENIUS of this work. You see the first half teaches you WHY you hurt, and WHY if you don't change you are going to have that prosthetic knee or shoulder someday. WHY you back hurts all the time. I don't think most people understand unless they suffer from back pain how debilitating it is. I see it everyday in my office. It ruins peoples lives-it not only effects the individual it effects entire families. So please don't cut yourself short and bypass the first 1/2 of this book. Study and learn the WHY's of your problems as Kelly teaches you a detailed easy to implement way to begin to change immediately.

If you are like me you won't put this thing down. I am going through it a second time as I write this. I have already recommended it to all my patients, and this will be a staple in my office and it is a must read for anyone that has a BODY-I guess that covers all of you reading this. In closing I have spent thousands of dollars on seminar after seminar. I can say unequivocally that this book has more information in it, which by the way is very simplistic for you to implement, than all of the education I have received on the dynamics of the human body. I have spent ten's of thousands of dollars on rehab equipment. With a $5.00 Lacrosse Ball, some exercise bands, and Kelly's book you can treat your body more effectively than any of that equipment. As the title of my review states, "Buy it, Read it (all of it), Implement it all NOW!! I can promise you whoever you are. Old or young, male of female, athlete or non athlete you will conclude as I have this is a instant classic and as Kelly says on the front cover: This is the " Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance." You have a billion dollar body-- With this book, now you have the owners manual on how to take care of it.
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dinesh
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerlifters/Bodybuilders...take note
Reviewed in India on 4 September 2014
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For anyone who is into bodybuilding and powerlifting , this is the book to have.Being a doctor (Orthopedic Surgeon) myself, I could relate to many of the concepts in the book.
The chapter on the concept of 'stretching' was an eye opener.
After following the techniques in the book, i have consistently surpassed my previously achieved personal records in the gym.
Highly recommended.
The techniques on back squats, dead-lifts, push press, were enlightening.
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