Brad Walker

AKA The Stretch Coach | Stretch Coach

Hometown: Queensland, Australia

Specialization: Coach, author, speaker, stretching expert and nationally ranked athlete

Publications: The Stretching Handbook, the Anatomy of Stretching, The Anatomy of Sports Injuries, and more

Fun Fact: In 1990 Brad was ranked 3rd in Australia as a junior competitor at the National Triathlon Long Course Championships (2.2km swim, 80km bike, 20km run).

Brad is a Health Science graduate of the University of New England and has postgraduate accreditations in athletics, swimming, and triathlon coaching. He has coached elite level and world champion athletes from sports as diverse as triathlon, motorcycle racing, roller skating, squash, and baseball, and has lectured extensively on stretching, flexibility, and sports injury management.

Brad has written more books and articles on stretching and flexibility than any other author; including the Ultimate Guide to Stretching (first published in 1997), The Anatomy of Stretching, and the Anatomy of Sports Injuries.

His stretching and sports injury articles have been published in numerous health and fitness magazines and extensively online at sites such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, About.com, Athletes.com, and BodyBuilding.com. Magazines such as Runners World, Bicycling, Triathlete, Swimming and Fitness, and Triathlon Sports have featured his work. Amazon has listed his books on five Best-Seller lists. And Google cites over 100,000 references to him on the internet.

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Fitness

Apr 8, 2022

Stretching: Everything You Need To Know

Bob interviews Brad Walker on the importance of stretching.

Fitness

Apr 8, 2022

Stretching: Everything You Need To Know

Bob interviews Brad Walker on the importance of stretching.

Fitness

Apr 8, 2022

How to Prevent & Recover From a Sports Injury

Bob interviews Brad Walker about how to prevent a sports injury.

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Your Illustrated Guide to Flexibility and Injury Rehabilitation

The Anatomy of Stretching

An updated edition of the best-selling guide on the science of effective stretching—with detailed anatomical illustrations and guidance on proper form, sports injury recovery, and more.

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Your Illustrated Guide to Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment

The Anatomy of Sports Injuries

Everyone who plays sports experiences injuries. Many people never fully recover because they're not aware of what they can do to facilitate recovery. But there's no need to simply resign yourself to "living with" a sports injury. In The Anatomy of Sports Injuries, author Brad Walker brings years of expertise--he works with elite-level and world-champion athletes, and lectures on injury prevention--to this how-to guide. The book takes a fundamental approach, bringing you inside the body to show exactly what is happening when a sports injury occurs. At the heart of The Anatomy of Sports Injuries are 350 images. This second edition includes updated illustrations and more anatomical information and is for every sports player or fitness enthusiast who has been injured and would like to know what the injury involves, how to rehabilitate the area, and how to prevent complications or injury in the future.

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Improve Your Flexibility

Ultimate Guide to Stretching & Flexibility

The Ultimate Guide to Stretching & Flexibility is the book you keep with you wherever you go. It's an easy-to-use, quick reference guide for anybody involved in health, fitness and sporting activities. Written to minimize the likelihood of sports injury and increase athletic performance, it gives coaches, trainers, athletes and fitness enthusiasts a complete reference handbook to assist with the planning and implementation of their training and rehabilitation sessions.

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