Strengthening exercises such
as straight leg raise and contracting the quad and hamstring muscles are recommended to avoid a loss of muscle mass.
Not exact matches
As you slowly
raise your upper body off the ground, keep your
legs straight and pinned to the floor.
Exhale
as you lower your upper body down to the floor and
raise your
legs straight up so your feet point toward the ceiling (your body should form a 90 - degree angle).
And last but not least, for the calves, you can do any type of
leg calf
raise,
as long
as your
legs are
straight.
As you inhale, slowly walk your toes in towards your chest, keeping your legs straight as your hips raise to the ceilin
As you inhale, slowly walk your toes in towards your chest, keeping your
legs straight as your hips raise to the ceilin
as your hips
raise to the ceiling.
Lie flat on the back, keeping the arms and
legs straight as you
raise them six inches off the ground.
Raise your left arm, pointing fingers toward the ceiling
as you straighten your right
leg and lift your
straight left
leg into the air, foot flexed and pointing to the side; look up at your left hand.
Keep your
legs straight as you
raise one
leg higher, then switch.
Do the hanging
leg raise with
legs straight until you reach 90 degrees and once at that position bend you
legs as you did for the
leg tuck and continue the movement until your feet touch the bar you are hanging on.
Jump up and
raise your back knee
straight up toward your chest
as the front
leg drives back.
Keeping
legs as straight as possible,
raise them to the ceiling, leading with your toes until they are perpendicular to the ceiling.
Keeping your
legs extended,
as straight as possible with your knees slightly bent but locked,
raise your
legs until they make a 90 - degree angle with the floor.
Lie on ground with
legs straight and wide apart and sit up while
raising one hand up towards the ceiling and then reach over with that hand and touch your toes of the opposite side foot, or
as close
as you can reach towards them.
Gastrocnemius exercises include any calf exercise where the
leg is
straight, such
as the standing calf
raise or calf press.
Exercises with the knees locked (
legs straight), such
as single -
leg standing dumbbell calf
raises, work the gastrocnemius.
Step 3: Pulling
as minimally
as possible,
raise yourself back to standing keeping the non-working
leg straight the entire time.
Now
raise your left
leg, keeping it
as straight as possible, and squeeze your left glute.
You can do simple exercises, such
as forward lunges or
straight leg raises.
Raise yours arms and
legs about 4 - 6 inches off the ground while keeping them
as straight as possible.
Raise the
leg as straight as you can and hold for just 2 or 3 seconds.
Exercises with the knees locked (
legs fully
straight), such
as standing barbell calf
raises, work the gastrocnemius.
What you want to do is perform this movement but instead of holding your
legs outward, you will be
raising your
legs from the hanging position
as high
as you can go (while keeping your
legs dead
straight) and then letting them back down.