Sentences with phrase «about lifting my legs»

There is just something about lifting my legs off the ground and seeing my calves look stronger than they really are!

They know not to wag their tails too close to the Christo sculpture or to even think about lifting a leg over the Louise Bourgeois totem, tempting as it may be.

Not exact matches

Whilst keeping your head in line with your spine and facing down at the floor, lift alternate legs about 6 inches above the floor, returning to the starting position each time before resuming with the other leg.

- baby can briefly lift head (usually bobbing, not still) to about 45 degrees - turns head to place opposite cheek down - comfortable with either cheek down - legs begin to straighten in Tummy Time so that lower belly touches the surface beneath baby - arms move further away from the body in Tummy Time and in the second month, will begin to press hands down into the surface to push the shoulders and very top of the chest up very slightly off the surface beneath

Her fellow elephants then kept an apparent vigil over her body for about a week, occasionally poking at her and lifting her legs and trunk.)

Muscular strength (measured by pounds lifted on leg extension and chest press exercises) improved by about 20 pounds in the exercise group.

When you're taking a walk around the block, your body is mostly on autopilot — you don't have to consciously think about alternating which leg you step with or which muscles it takes to lift a foot and put it back down.

Keeping the knees straight and close together, slowly lift your legs straight up towards the ceiling until they are about perpendicular to the floor, if possible.

Raise your legs about 45 degrees off the floor and lift your head up so your shoulders are off the ground.

Here's how to do it: Lie on your stomach, stretch your arms overhead, point your toes, and lift your arms and legs about 6 inches off the ground.

Slowly lower legs, keeping them straight and together, until about 12 inches away from floor; lift back up.

Lift both legs upward and extend them in a «V» position, keeping feet about six inches (15 cm) from the bench, squeezing the glutes until your lower abdomen is slightly elevated from the bench.

Lie on your stomach, stretch your arms overhead, point your toes, and lift your arms and legs about 6 inches off the ground.

Extend right leg straight out and lift it about 6 inches off the floor (A).

Lift right leg even more, until it is about parallel with torso (B), then lower back to «A.» Continue pulsing for 30 reps.

If you don't care about having bigger legs and your priority is a flat stomach, I would do heavy lifting.

Jumping on the trampoline as a kid, I didn't think too much about how I was lifting my legs or where my arms were swaying.

When I say something to a trainer or someone who is lifting about not wanting to get thick legs they always say women can't get bulky....

The legs and arms are straightened to lift the weight only about an inch or so.

As we talked about earlier push pull legs involves a lot of heavy compound lifts with some accessory work at the end to make sure we hit everything.

I've been lifting for a few years now and I was just curious about the leg and back day being combined on the same day.

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Use your legs to help lift the weight and think about pressing your body away from the bar...

With a slight bend in your knees, lift your legs up so that your heels are about 6 inches off the ground.

Crunch up into a 100, raising your legs about 45 degrees off the floor and lifting your arms, head and shoulders off the ground.

Next, lift your left leg straight up about 6 - 12 inches, while keeping your foot flexed directly forward.

For example, when I began working out about a year ago I was not able to do a single hanging leg lift.

From this position press your lower back into the ground and lift your legs off the ground about 2 inches.

Use your legs to help lift the weight and think about pressing your body away from the bar (not the other way around).

Now lift your left leg up to about a 45 - degree angle while your right leg is lowered until the heel is about 2 - 3 inches from the ground.

Engage your abs, pulling your bellybutton down to the floor as you lift your legs off the ground about six inches to a hover.

With a slight bend at the knees, lift your legs up so that your heels are about 6 inches off the ground.

If you are worried about any lack of core engagement, remember that lifting exercises like squats and deadlifts, when compared to core specific exercises like planks, leg lifts, and sit - ups, don't train the core very hard at all anyway.

Then rotate the foot so your toes point into the air, and lift your leg about six inches off the ground (c).

Apart from cardio I was thinking about 2 days of pilates and 1 day of exercises you mention in Victoria's Secret leg workout - donkey kicks / lying - standing lifts etc - Does this sound good?

Each arm or leg is lifting about half the weight — 25 pounds in this example.

Lift your right leg about a foot off the ground behind you working to keep your leg perfectly straight.

Sit in Dandasana (Staff Pose), then lean your torso back slightly on your hands and lift and open your legs to an angle of about 90 degrees (the legs should form an approximate right angle, with the pubis at the apex).

About the exercises, on days you have butt exercises, you can do exercises such as hip bridges, reverse leg lifts, crossed legs lunges, and bent knees deadlifts.

Balancing your weight on your left leg, hinge forward with a flat back as you lower the barbell down towards the floor, then lift it back up to about hip height as you squeeze your left glute while bringing your right leg back down (b).

Keeping knees facing front, lift top leg about 1 foot, then lower.

The captain's wife lowered her hood and turned to gaze at her husband, who stood nearby, his legs apart, his face lifted, his eyes roving the stretched canvas, which talked to him about the wind.

What about boy puppies — won't they lift their leg and pee all over the box?

Fun fact: Truffle the Maniac did not lift his leg until he was about 1 year and 4 months old.

Yawning, licking chops, turning the head, showing the whites of the eyes, lifting a front leg, lowering the body, erecting the hairs over the back are a few of the many ways a dog may communicate his nervousness about an interaction.

Scout still lifts his leg up on his walks about once every 20 steps or so, sometimes more, sometimes less, especially when he is «jogging» rather than walking or running.

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