Sentences with phrase «during leg presses»

Studies have investigated the effects of stance width and bar speed during back squats as well as squeezing a medicine ball between the legs during leg presses on adductor longus EMG amplitude (McCaw & Melrose, 1999; Manabe et al. 2007; Peng et al. 2013).

Squeezing a medicine ball between the legs during leg presses was found to increase adductor longus muscle activity.

There is another study that showed that the people who visualized their muscles during leg presses while resting, boosted their abilities of doing maximal voluntary contractions.

Improper seat placement on the machine is a common cause of spinal strain during a leg press, while rounding your lower back too much can also easily cause back injury.

During the leg press with low foot placement, both narrow and wide stances produced superior gastrocnemius muscle activity during the concentric portion compared to the eccentric portion.

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The former Southampton man is set for a lengthy time sidelined with a double leg fracture and van Gaal made his feelings clear on the matter during his post-match press conference.

Mourinho was asked at his press conference whether the fact that tonight's clash coincides with the one - year anniversary of Shaw breaking his leg during a Champions League defeat at PSV Eindhoven played a role in the defender not making the trip.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho with captain John Terry during a press conference at Stamford Bridge ahead of the Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.

During a decline bench press, your body lies on a slope and your legs are higher than your head so you need to be very cautious if you go heavy on this one — it's best to use a spotter to prevent the weight from dropping on you.

Features: Move from decline to military press with a quick pull - pin adjustment Rolled seat provides for excellent pivot positioning during leg exercises Bench folds and rolls away for easy storage - perfect for small workout spaces.

In fact, if you pressed down with the extra leg during the arm - in style, you'd tip your body into the ground anyways.

The hamstrings also work with the glutes (butt) to move your hip during exercises like squats, lunges, and the leg press machine.

Exploring the effect of movement phase, Escamilla et al. (2001) assessed the effect of phase of movement during the horizontal leg press with narrow and wide stances and high and low foot placements with loads equal to the 12RM.

Several studies have assessed calf muscle activity during compound exercises, including the leg press, back squat, overhead squat, deadlift and split squats.

For the leg press you will start heavy, and decrease the weight during each set so you hit the required rep range.

Participants performed the concentric portion of the leg press repetition as rapidly as possible and then slowly lowered the load during a 3 - second count.

They don't have button snaps on the legs, i never liked that the Prana pants had that because sometimes they'd press into my leg during yoga or something.

But dialogue and setting in this movie are finally less important than certain facts about its production: according to the movie's press materials, both Chan and director Stanley Tong «finished the film on crutches,» and two stuntwomen as well as actress Francoise Yip broke their legs during the motorcycle tricks.

If they do need convincing, for example, with previously undiagnosed oral pain from dental disease or hip pain from osteoarthritis, I demonstrate for them during the physical exam — press on the sore gums or extend the leg of the sore hip.