Sentences with phrase «elbow bend for»

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Using a decline bench for skull crushers is a great alternative to the classic version of the exercise, considering that by opening the degree of bend in the elbows it increases the range of motion and trains the triceps in a manner that places stress on each insertion point.

Another option, if the bound hands isn't working for you, is to bend the elbows and grab hold of them behind your back for a similar variation.

If this proves too hard for you at first, make it easier by bending the elbows as much as you need and moving into a headstand or a frogstand instead of pressing all the way up.

So instead of using a 45 - pound plate and fatiguing your muscles before you can get some real work done, take a 25 - pound one and aim for the 100 rep mark, making sure to maintain a slight bend in the elbows at all times.

Twist your back to place your right elbow on the outside of the bent knee and hold for 30 seconds, then repeat on the other side.

Lightly place the bent knee above the right elbow and hold for one to five breaths.

They're called hip flexors because they create flexion in the hip, which is the technical term for a bending movement around a joint in a limb (such as the knee or elbow) that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint.

For the starting position you will hold the weights at the height of your body with your elbows slightly bent.

Remember we are aiming for straight arms — try not to bend at the elbows.

For a bicep curl, for instance, line the body up at the end of the movement (arms curled with hands at the temples), then bend at the elbows and pull the body toward the anchor (where the TRX is attacheFor a bicep curl, for instance, line the body up at the end of the movement (arms curled with hands at the temples), then bend at the elbows and pull the body toward the anchor (where the TRX is attachefor instance, line the body up at the end of the movement (arms curled with hands at the temples), then bend at the elbows and pull the body toward the anchor (where the TRX is attached).

Lift actively through your left arm, then with an exhalation, bend the elbow and reach down for the right hand.

Straighten the arms as much as possible, though no doubt for most students the elbows will remain slightly bent.

They're called hip flexors because they create flexion in the hip, which is the technical term for a bending movement around a joint in a limb that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint (such as the knee or elbow).

For this move, you want a slight bend in the elbows and make sure you lead with the elbows.

This long lever move has your arms almost straight (your elbows should be slightly bent) which means you typically stick with a lighter weight for this exercise.

Press the weights straight over your chest and then, keeping a slight bend in your elbows, spread your arms open as if you were going for a big bear hug.

Lie flat with your arms at your sides, prepared to lift Roll up onto your abdomen holding yourself up with your elbows bent and hands on the floor Hold the pose for ten to fifteen seconds, breathing in and out with focus on your abdomen

Clasping the handles on to the upper - cable stations, step one foot forward for balance while locking your elbows in a slightly bent position.

Clasping the handles on to the upper - cable stations, step forward on one foot for balance while locking your elbows in a slightly bent position.

For bench press, you may have to unrack and rack the bar too low, with your elbows bent like you're starting partway through a rep. Or you may try to unrack and rack the bar too high.

As each elbow bends outside for stability control, the opposite arm is extending while pressing away.

At that point, Sledge Work can take a back seat, and be used mainly as a recovery method between bending sessions, and for keeping things like Tennis Elbow and Golfers Elbow as far away as possible.

«Just going to where your elbow is bent 90 degrees and holding it isometrically is a ton of work for most people.»

B. Internally rotate your top arm and bend the elbow reaching for your hip.

Then inhale and swing the free hand first up toward the ceiling, then bend the elbow and reach for the inside of the raised foot.

For example, you can feel chi when thinking of bending your elbow.

If you include specific arm exercises for the biceps and triceps, there should be a 1:1 ratio between movements that flex (bend) the elbow that works the biceps, and triceps movements that extend the elbow.

Hold for 30 seconds, then bend your elbows and lightly release your feet back to the floor with an exhale.

Keep your hands and fingers relaxed too (no tight fists), and aim for a 90 - to 100 - degree bend at the elbows.

For example, during biceps curls, it's when you bend your elbows and curl your weights up.

For Marichyasana III stay here and wrap your left arm around your bent right leg, bringing the elbow to the outside of the knee.

Greene - and all of her protagonists - have a penchant for the hazy, vernal beauty of Appalachian summer that she gently depicts through lines like «Myra sounded sleepy, drunk on the feel of the creek lapping at her fingers, running like a cool scarf over her elbow bends, gliding under her heels and between her toes, and all the smells of the blossoms and muck and mottled toadstools risen like yeast in the shade.»

Judges should ensure they place hands under the coat to feel for the forechest, tip of shoulder blades, length of upper arm, depth of body to the elbows, tight fitting elbows, good length and spring of rib, short, deep loin, bend of stifle, rear thigh muscle mass and correct tail set and length.

For instance, if I wanted to teach my dog to take a bow, I might first click him for pointing his nose toward the ground, then for dipping his head toward the ground, then for bending his elbows slightly (as he moves his head even closer to the ground), then for bending his elbows even more, and finally for putting his elbows all the way on the ground while his hind end is still up in the aFor instance, if I wanted to teach my dog to take a bow, I might first click him for pointing his nose toward the ground, then for dipping his head toward the ground, then for bending his elbows slightly (as he moves his head even closer to the ground), then for bending his elbows even more, and finally for putting his elbows all the way on the ground while his hind end is still up in the afor pointing his nose toward the ground, then for dipping his head toward the ground, then for bending his elbows slightly (as he moves his head even closer to the ground), then for bending his elbows even more, and finally for putting his elbows all the way on the ground while his hind end is still up in the afor dipping his head toward the ground, then for bending his elbows slightly (as he moves his head even closer to the ground), then for bending his elbows even more, and finally for putting his elbows all the way on the ground while his hind end is still up in the afor bending his elbows slightly (as he moves his head even closer to the ground), then for bending his elbows even more, and finally for putting his elbows all the way on the ground while his hind end is still up in the afor bending his elbows even more, and finally for putting his elbows all the way on the ground while his hind end is still up in the afor putting his elbows all the way on the ground while his hind end is still up in the air.

When walking on the leash, keep the leash's end on your left with an elbow bent — do not let the puppy pull the arm straight out in front of you as it won't have the slack for collar correction.

I've already written at length about how much I love Thumper's insistence on feeling awful: «I've been waiting for a game to bend my arm past my elbow for years now.

Arms emerge from folds, legs stick out from walls, shoulders curve to create a C, elbows bend in a D. Each letter represents a synonym for «hole» (sometimes the connection is as loose as in G for «girl / god» or T for «trust»), and is accompanied by an epigrammatic story of absence.

Around it the damned sat starving, staring at food which they could not eat — their arms were all enclosed in splints, which made it impossible for them to bend their elbows and thus reach their mouths.

The gripping and grasping of the hand, the bending and flexing of the elbow and overhead work all subject welders to a high degree of work for nerve injuries.