Sentences with phrase «bodies against gravity»

Bodyweight training forces you to lean down, because the less body fat you have weighing you down, the better you can manipulate your body against gravity.

Pushing your body against gravity forces your body to burn all the extra calories making you fit.

Not exact matches

I'd second those who say use your own body as the best place for tummy time, whether that's lying on your back with baby on your belly or baby in a sling (although I think the former probably does a better job of teaching baby to work against gravity).

In the first year of life a typically developing infant learns and practices a large variety of movements which help their nervous system mature and integrate the two sides of their bodies, as well as developing the capacity to lift their body up against the constant forces of gravity.

· Baby can't move head away from babywearer's body or clothing, too little to work against gravity with low muscle development — forced position

By contrast, if we allow them to explore movement on the floor, they will develop a firm foundation of how their body works in parts related to each other and as a whole against gravity.

Research backed by the American Academy of Pediatrics states that «with prolonged immobilization on a firm mattress or a flat bed (as in a stroller), the constant influence of gravity flattens the body surface against the mattress producing positional disorders and infants with decreased muscle tone (Short, 1996)».

When the mother walks, stops, or turns an infant's body naturally works against the pull of gravity to maintain his position.

When running, the body is being propelled into the air against the force of gravity; when walking, one foot remains firmly on the ground at all times.

These can take up water from any part of the body through capillary action, whereby water is drawn along a channel, even against the pull of gravity.

Feric and Brangwynne measured gravity's pull on nuclear bodies and against the actin mesh that contained them.

It is a full body exercise against gravity and requires all four limbs to work at once with control.

The skin of the sole of the foot, as well as all the free nerve endings in the richly - innervated plantar fascia, send a lot of data to your brain regarding your weight distribution which in turn allows our bodies to resists against gravity efficiently.

We are products of our environment, our bodies are actually the result of the need to lift free weights against gravity - that is what they are specifically designed and specialized to do.

These contractions occur when the body is working against gravity.

Since that time all living creatures have been doing one thing: lifting their body weights and free weight objects against the force of gravity.

Improve Digestion: When your body is being inverted, feces which joint in the way of moving ileocecal valve from small intestine to its bigger one are assisted by gravity, as opposed to work against the gravity!

And it makes sense... We evolved to move through our environment dynamically by pushing, pulling, tugging, crawling, running and squatting against the resistance of gravity on our body.

Any exercise bearing weights can build bone and muscle because such activities force the body to work against gravity.

Start with your arms hanging straight, then row your body up against gravity.

He says that although body does not know what kind of resistance it is working against -LCB- weather its free weight s or machines -RCB- you will see your biggest muscle gains by overcoming the pull of gravity and working in multiple planes -LCB- unlike machines which work only in one plane -RCB-.

When you stand, the stabilizer muscles in the arch of the foot, the hip girdle, and core all work to stop your body from collapsing against gravity.

For example, doing a single arm shoulder press forces the body to remain tall and straight against the gravity force of an offload weight.

Offering more than 60 different exercises, the TG 1100 works by making you lift a percentage of your body weight against gravity, making the resistance smooth and fluid.

Your muscles will have to fight against gravity to prevent your body from sagging toward the ground.

You're essentially working against gravity and slowing your body from collapsing against gravity's pull.

But think about it: You have to work harder to slow your body from falling against gravity's pull.

The chief resistance your body fights every day is gravity: The pull that holds you against this Earth we live on.

The AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7 - speed sports transmission is installed 0.4 inches lower in order to give the vehicle a lower center of gravity and is braced against the body by gas - filled struts to avoid stress cycling.

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