--- product_id: 60640707 title: "Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance-Sixth Edition" price: "€ 146.81" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/60640707-ultimate-back-fitness-and-performance-sixth-edition store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance-Sixth Edition **Price:** € 146.81 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance-Sixth Edition - **How much does it cost?** € 146.81 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/60640707-ultimate-back-fitness-and-performance-sixth-edition) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Get the latest scientific evidence on back exercise - what helps and what hurts, and why, from a world renowned authority. The sixth edition of Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance provides professionals with the evidence base to design and prescribe the best exercise programs for the back. A complete description of a 5-stage program is provided. Many examples illustrate each stage within a back pain rehabilitation program together with a performance enhancement program for athletes. Beginning with recognizing and re-patterning perturbed motor programs and progressing to the enhancement of stability-mobility, then endurance, the final stages continue with strength, power and agility training. Each step is well illustrated and instructive. Added to this are general approaches to assess the demands of individual activities and sports, and then create a program for the individual to create the optimal performance and injury resiliency. Dr. McGill's style makes for an easy read of this thorough and rich resource. Review: Help Your Back. Help Your Tennis Game. - My tennis trainer/coach introduced me to the work of Dr. Stuart McGill through what I came to know as “The Big Three” (well represented on the internet). This is a set of core exercises that includes the “curl up.” The curl up is a substitute for the sit-ups and crunches we’ve been brought up on – but which Dr. McGill has found can injure the spine. One thing led to another and I wound up buying and studying his most recent book, published in 2017. To cut to the chase, my back remains in excellent condition and my tennis game has improved. I link these directly to a greater understanding of how to protect my lumbar spine and how to strengthen my core without hurting myself. Dr. McGill extensively discusses “stiffness” as a way of protecting the spine and also for allowing the most effective flow of energy and power through the kinetic chain. Particularly fascinating and useful is his presentation (on p. 187) of how you can generate tremendously increased grip strength by calling stiffness into play, evoking “neuronal overflow.” In trying this out, be careful you don’t crush someone’s hand or allow yours to be crushed. I have found, and continue to find, this book to be tremendously interesting, well documented, and useful. I suspect that physicians, trainers, and athletes will, too. Review: Reliable information - Particularly in the area of health care, the publishing market is flooded with unreliable information. This book is careful. It is based not only on extensive academic studies, but on academic studies carefully correlated to clinical treatment. It recognizes the difference between muscles whose function is to stabilize the body during movement and muscles intended to create movement. Recognizing physical reality and correlating it with years of successful rehabilitation of many back difficulties, I see this as very reliable information. A person who simply wished to avoid injury could use this book to help structure a good exercise program. A person who was injured but could not afford the increasingly inaccessible medical system, might buy this book for less than a treatment session and accomplish a good portion of self-rehab. It is, of course, never optimal to avoid medical treatment. Not everyone can afford it these days. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #34,142 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #298 in Exercise & Fitness (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 229 Reviews | ## Images ![Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance-Sixth Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91VnlmQm1EL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Help Your Back. Help Your Tennis Game. *by J***Z on June 5, 2018* My tennis trainer/coach introduced me to the work of Dr. Stuart McGill through what I came to know as “The Big Three” (well represented on the internet). This is a set of core exercises that includes the “curl up.” The curl up is a substitute for the sit-ups and crunches we’ve been brought up on – but which Dr. McGill has found can injure the spine. One thing led to another and I wound up buying and studying his most recent book, published in 2017. To cut to the chase, my back remains in excellent condition and my tennis game has improved. I link these directly to a greater understanding of how to protect my lumbar spine and how to strengthen my core without hurting myself. Dr. McGill extensively discusses “stiffness” as a way of protecting the spine and also for allowing the most effective flow of energy and power through the kinetic chain. Particularly fascinating and useful is his presentation (on p. 187) of how you can generate tremendously increased grip strength by calling stiffness into play, evoking “neuronal overflow.” In trying this out, be careful you don’t crush someone’s hand or allow yours to be crushed. I have found, and continue to find, this book to be tremendously interesting, well documented, and useful. I suspect that physicians, trainers, and athletes will, too. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reliable information *by J***Y on June 26, 2024* Particularly in the area of health care, the publishing market is flooded with unreliable information. This book is careful. It is based not only on extensive academic studies, but on academic studies carefully correlated to clinical treatment. It recognizes the difference between muscles whose function is to stabilize the body during movement and muscles intended to create movement. Recognizing physical reality and correlating it with years of successful rehabilitation of many back difficulties, I see this as very reliable information. A person who simply wished to avoid injury could use this book to help structure a good exercise program. A person who was injured but could not afford the increasingly inaccessible medical system, might buy this book for less than a treatment session and accomplish a good portion of self-rehab. It is, of course, never optimal to avoid medical treatment. Not everyone can afford it these days. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book for back issues *by C***. on October 21, 2024* Everyone with a back should read this book. I wish it were required reading in school. Explains in layman’s terms not just how to deal with back problems but avoid them in the first place. ## Frequently Bought Together - Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance-Sixth Edition - Back Mechanic by Dr. Stuart McGill (2015-09-30) - Gift of Injury --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/60640707-ultimate-back-fitness-and-performance-sixth-edition](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/60640707-ultimate-back-fitness-and-performance-sixth-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-07-06*