Sentences with phrase «contracting obliques»

Be sure to contract your obliques during this motion.

Then, brace your core and lean your legs to the right side in a controlled and slow manner, contracting your oblique muscles.

Not exact matches

In the face of a round of critical statements issued by organized labor groups allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo following her oblique comments regarding the connection between union contracts and the high cost of digging NYC subway tunnels, Cynthia Nixon received some support from an unlikely source.

As you perform the twisting motion, focus on your obliques and contracting your abs.

When your ext. obliques contract, they can pull your spine forward like in crunches or sit ups.

So, while the left internal and external obliques both contract for left lateral flexion, the left internal oblique and right external oblique contract for left rotation.

Interestingly, if you are having a hard time contracting your vastus medialis oblique (VMO) in your knee, the last 15 degrees of this movement can be helpful, but careful with the torque into your knee joint.

When one side of the external obliques contracts, it can create lateral flexion.

By bending sideways we alternately stretch and contract the lateral structures of the torso (obliques, QL, iliacus, TFL, IT band) and facilitate deeper breathing by stretching intercostal muscles and expanding the ribcage.

The plank variations are good to isometrically contract the abdominals, obliques, erectors, and hip muscles.

Sullivan et al. (2015) also studied the effect of internal cues by having subjects focus on slowly and actively shortening and contracting the rectus abdominis and external oblique during a bent leg sit up.

It alternately contracts and stretches the sides of the torso, targeting lateral structures — obliques, quadratus lumborum (QL), illiacus, tensor fasciae latae (TFL), iliotibial band (IT band), etc..

To alternately stretch and contract the lateral structures of the torso (obliques, QL, illiacus, TFL, IT band); to facilitate deeper breathing by stretching intercostal muscles and expanding the ribcage; to create more balance between the right and left sides of the body by working with each side individually — Why is she looking up?