Sentences with phrase «bent leg curl»

Duncan et al. (2009) measured rectus abdominis muscle activity during the bent leg curl on stable (on the floor) and unstable (on a Swiss ball) surfaces.

Comparing isometric, isolated core exercises, Lehman et al. (2001) found that rectus abdominis muscle activity was no different between the isometric bent leg curl - up, bent leg sit ups, supine leg raises 25 cm from bench, and legs - strapped supine leg raises and shoulders - strapped curl - ups.

Konrad et al. (2001) compared a number of gymnastic exercises and found that the horizontal straight leg anchored side bend displayed the highest external oblique muscle activity, followed by the reverse curl up Escamilla et al. (2006) compared the power wheel roll out (power wheel in hands), jack knife and knee - tuck (power wheel attached to feet), the ab sling bent - leg hanging leg raise, the flat and decline reverse curl up, the anchored bent leg sit up, and bent leg curl up.

Comparing different core isolation exercises, Youdas et al. (2008) measured external oblique muscle activity during the kneeling roll out, bent leg curl up, supine double leg lowering, and side bridge.

External oblique muscle activity was higher in the bent leg curl up with combined trunk rotation compared to the bent leg curl up without combined trunk rotation.

Generally, the rectus abdominis muscle activity was greater when performing the curl up or sit up with straight legs anchored or unanchored compared to the bent leg curl up or sit up, however no difference were reported.

Escamilla et al. (2006) compared the power wheel roll out (power wheel in hands), jack knife and knee - tuck (power wheel attached to feet), the ab sling bent - leg hanging leg raise, the flat and decline reverse curl up, the anchored bent leg sit up, and bent leg curl up.

Comparing curl up variations, Konrad et al. (2001) measured external oblique muscle activity during the bent leg curl up with and without trunk rotation.

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Your little one is likely curled up, with bent knees, arms and legs crossed and chin touching his or her chest.

Examples of mid-range movements are: leg press, bent - over barbell rows, dumbbell bench press, dumbbell overhead press, barbell biceps curls, dips and pull - ups.

Lower the left leg diagonally while bending your knee and curl the dumbbells upwards.

Then bend both legs and curl arms.

Sample Exercise Setup: Chest — 3 exercises, 1 incline, 1 flat and 1 decline Back — 4 exercises, 1 wide chin up or latt pull, 1 row, 1 pulley or machine row, Deads or pullovers (alternate between these two) Delts — 3 exercises, overhead press, side laterals, bent laterals Triceps — 3 exercises, overhead tricep extension with bar or dumbbell, cable pressdown, machine dip Biceps — 3 exercises, preacher curl, barbell or dumbbell curl, cable curl Quads — 3 exercises, press of some kind, extension, hack or press or squat of some kind Hams — 1 exercise, leg curl Calves — 3 exercises, standing calf raise, bent lower back calf raise (like donkey calf raises where your upper body and lower body are in an «L» shape), seated calf raises Abs - 3 exercises, weighted machine crunch, hanging leg lifts, cable reverse crunches Traps — 1 exercise, shrugs

Furthermore, many bodybuilders can not bend the knees fully during leg curls because of quadriceps tightness.

Let's say that your gym has the four major types of leg curl units: seated, lying, standing and bent - over kneeling.

When the hips are bent, you will have a little more leverage, so you will likely find that you can lift more weight during the seated leg curl.

Therefore in the Standing Leg Curl exercise, you would need to bend forward at the waist and start with the working leg straight before lifting.

Quads: squat (or leg press), leg extension Leg bi: leg curl on 2 different machines calves: standing calf raise, seated calf raise Chest: bench press, cable flyes back: bent over row, pulldown traps: barbell shrugs * shoulders: behind neck press, side lateral bis: barbel curl, one arm dumbell curl on preacher bench tris: lying tricep extension, cable pushdown fores: hammer curls, behind the back standing wrist curls abs: weighted crunches, cable side crunches

With five stations and manual weight stacks for resistance, this sleek home gym is apt for basic moves like upright rows, bent rows, seated rows, bench presses, leg extensions standing curls, leg curls, military presses, etc..

trap - bar bent - legged deadlift 1 x 15 - 20 followed immediately by Rader chest pull 1 x 20 rest 5 minutes supine leg curl 1 x 10 - 15 seated calf raise 1 x 15 - 20 D.A.R.D. raise 1 x 8 - 12 barbell side bend 1 x 8 - 12 barbell bench press 1 x 8 - 12 chin - up or pull - down 2 x 8 - 12 military barbell overhead press 2 x 8 - 12 shrug 2 x 8 - 12 close - grip bench press 2 x 8 - 12 standing biceps curl with straight bar and arm blaster 1 x 8 - 12 hammer curl 1 x 8 - 12 crunch 1 x 15 - 20 reverse crunch 1 x 10 - 15

bent - legged deadlift with Olympic bar 2 x 8 - 10 followed immediately by light dumbbell pullover 2 x 15 rest 5 minutes after both sets one - legged calf raise 1 x 15 - 20 D.A.R.D. raise 1 x 8 - 10 leg press on angled leg press machine 1 x 10 - 12 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 incline dumbbell flye 1 x 8 - 10 pullover 1 x 8 - 10 barbell row with underhand grip 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell overhead press with 1 dumbbell 1 x 8 - 10 shrug 1 x 6 - 8 seated overhead triceps dumbbell extension 1 x 8 - 10 standing biceps curl with straight bar and arm blaster 1 x 8 - 10 hammer curl 1 x 8 - 10 crunch 1 x 15 - 20

External oblique muscle activity is higher during a number of dynamic isolation exercises compared to the sit up and curl up including the kneeling roll out, horizontal side bend, jack knife, hanging leg raise.

Comparing different core isolation exercises, Youdas et al. (2008) measured rectus abdominis muscle activity in the ab roll out, bent - leg curl up, supine double - leg lowering, and side bridge.

Hildenbrand et al. (2004) found that external oblique muscle activity was higher in the kneeling roll out than during bent - leg, unsupported curl ups, Swiss ball curl ups, and the Ab - Roller curl up device.

Again, the curl up can be performed with either bent legs or straight legs.

Additionally, Konrad et al. (2001) found no difference in rectus abdominis muscle activity between the curl up with the hips and knees at 90 degrees of flexion, feet resting on a bench, and the bent leg unanchored sit up.

Upper rectus abdominis muscle activity was higher in the Swiss ball roll out and prone jack knife and bent - leg curl up than in the Swiss ball prone knee - tuck, Swiss ball knee - tuck with rotation, and the bent - leg sit up.

The curl up can also be performed with either bent legs or straight legs.

The plank with arm reach, side plank with arm reach, and the birddog with elastic resistance produced greater external oblique muscle activity compared to the curl up with bent legs.

This may imply that exercises involving peak contractions when the knee is bent (like leg curls) are more effective at developing the hamstrings.

Additionally, Gotschall et al. (2013) compared the curl up with bent legs to a number of whole - body linkage exercises including the single arm supported plank with arm reach, side plank with arm raised, and mountain climber plank.

Additionally, Hildenbrand et al. (2004) reported that rectus abdominis muscle activity was higher in the bent - leg, unsupported curl up, Swiss ball curl up, and the Ab - Roller curl up device compared to Ab Slide roll out.

FIRST incline press using thick bar 1 x 8 - 10 incline dumbbell flye 1 x 15 - 20 incline press using thick bar 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 flat bench dumbbell flye 1 x 15 - 20 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 front pulldown or chin 1 x 8 - 10 stiff - arm pulldown 1 x 15 - 20 front pulldown or chin 1 x 8 - 10 one dumbbell pullover drop set of 3 x 8 close - grip bench press 1 x 8 - 10 pushdown with rope handle 1 x 15 - 20 close - grip bench press 1 x 8 - 10 seated overhead (one - arm) extension drop set 3 x 8 incline or hanging kneeups 1 x 8 - 10 ab - bench crunch 1 x 15 - 20 incline or hanging kneeups 1 x 8 - 10 SECOND [2] dumbbell upright row 1 x 8 - 10 standing forward - lean lateral raise 1 x 15 - 20 [2] dumbbell upright row 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell (two - arm) press drop set 3 x 8 incline one - arm dumbbell lateral 1 x 8 bent - over dumbbell lateral drop set 3 x 8 dumbbell (two - arm) row on high bench 1 x 8 - 10 seated bent - arm bent - over dumbbell lateral 1 x 15 - 20 dumbbell (two - arm) row on high bench 1 x 8 - 10 one - arm dumbbell row 1 x 8 - 10 barbell shrug [wrist straps or hooks are fine] 1 x 15 - 20 standing dumbbell curl w arm - blaster 1 x 8 - 10 spider curl with E-Z curl bar 1 x 15 - 20 cable curl with straight bar 1 x 8 - 10 incline (two - arm) curl drop set 3 x 8 incline (two - arm) hammer curl drop set 3 x 8 rotator cuff with ShoulderHorn and dumbbells 1 x 8 - 10 hang from chinning bar'til failure THIRD front squat 1 x 6 - 8 leg extension 1 x 15 - 20 front squat 1 x 6 - 8 sissy squat 1 x 8 - 10 supine leg curl 1 x 15 - 20 leg press on angled leg press 1 x 8 - 10 stiff - legged deadlift 1 x 8 - 10 immediately followed by back extension 1 x 30 - 50 (no weight) 5 minute rest leg press calf raise 1 x 20 leg press calf raise 1 x 15 standing calf raise 1 x 12 - 15 seated calf raise 1 x 12 - 15 D.A.R.D raise 1 x 8 - 10 4 - way neck work with towel — 1 15 - second rep for each of the 4 ways TIPS for using this program in your weight lifting routines:

Karl Haendel's figures bend their arms and legs, curl and uncurl their backs, tense muscles and stretch resistance bands, sitting, lying down or standing.