Super Joints, The Book

I recently mentioned joint mobility and how I think everyone ought to practice it, whether you are a musician, martial artist, gymnast, housewife, or just not willing to accept the so-called "inevitable decline of age". I also mentioned several DVDs that teach joint mobility methods. Of the ones I mentioned, only Super Joints has a matching book.

I just reread this book. It is probably still the only one on the market that offers in depth explanations of the hows and whys of joint mobility in a straightforward, pragmatic manner. Much of what is written in this book applies to the joint mobility programs of the other DVDs.

First, here are the cons in comparison to the other programs, in no particular order:

• Warrior Wellness has a better selection of neck drills, with increasing levels of sophistication (eg. lateral figure 8s).
  
• The wrist drills are harder to understand than the Warrior Wellness wrist drills, whose beginner level drills are easier to understand, and whose higher level versions are more sophisticated. Steve Maxwell has some of the Warrior Wellness wrist movements on his DVD, but because his DVD is a pure follow-along, there is not as much explanation.
  
• Same comments for the elbow drills
  
• Better finger drills in Warrior Wellness
  
• The Harley Davidson joke bothers some people (I personally don't care who really invented this bike)
  

Now, the pros:

• Secrets Of Safer Back Bending is pure gold
  
• The Cossack is an excellent lower body drill. It's also in Maxwell's DVD, but again, not as well explained.
  
• The Demographics of Stretching section
  
• A couple of "Better Posture" regimens
  
• The entire Strength-Flexibility section, which include The Pink Panther and Reach The Mark principles and some drills incorporating them
  

Dragondoor is kind enough to provide a Table of Contents as well.

Overall, this is a great book.