Start in a forward lunge position, with
front leg bent and back leg straight, jump up and simultaneously switch leg positions, so that opposite leg is forward and then pulse up and down 3 times.
(3) The quadriceps stretch, again copy the stance in the photo so that the calf of your back leg is against the wall and
your front leg bent with the foot flat on the floor.
Most of the fine points of the Ashtanga pose are familiar:
front leg bent 90 degrees, back leg straight and outer foot pressed down, hips square to the front, arms overhead.
Stand in front of a wall in lunge position with
front leg bent at knee, and back foot extended backwards and slightly turned out.
Not exact matches
Blue's windup — with his big
front leg hunched way up and
bent at the knee and his pitching arm whipping around in the background — is not classical, like that of Koufax, but it is impressive.
Kohei Okamoto at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan, and his team spotted the molluscs raising their
front arms while they
bent their other
legs, as if they had joints.
The
front leg should be
bent in
front of the body as close to a right angle as possible with the back
leg straight out behind.
Back Roll — Sit on the floor with your
legs slightly
bent in
front of you.
Step backward with your right
leg and slowly lower your body until your
front knee is
bent at least 90 degrees.
Without moving your feet, lower your rear
leg until the knee almost touches he floor while
bending your
front leg.
Keeping your chest up,
bend your elbows to lower your body as far as your shoulders will allow,
legs extended in
front of you.
Spinal Release to Bound Angle: Sit tall on a mat with the
legs bent in a diamond shape in
front of you, bottoms of the feet pressing together.
Then
bend your back knee and step the
leg towards your
front foot into a classic standing pose.
Begin to
bend forward from the waist as you extend your arms out in
front of you and your left
leg behind you.
Come up out of squat, letting kettlebell swing out in
front of you to chest height, then
bend at hips and knees to squat back down as it swings back between
legs.
Perform a pull - up with the body shaped like an «L», meaning a 90 - degree
bend at the hip, with the
legs held straight out in
front of the body.
Loosen your hips using this kneeling hip stretch: Kneel on left
leg, with right
leg bent at 90 degrees in
front of you; place right hand on right hip and raise left arm (A).
As you exhale, slowly
bend forward from the hip joints (as opposed to
bending from the waist), keeping both
legs extended and emphasize the lengthening of the
front torso.
On an inhale, straighten the
front leg, and on an exhale, deepen the
bend.
Without
bending your knee, kick your right
leg while extending your left arm out in
front of you to touch your toe.
A. Start standing with
legs about shoulder - width apart, knees slightly
bent and dumbbells in hands, palms facing toward the body and arms extended in
front of thighs.
This may take some practice, but on an inhale, see if you can
bend through the left
leg and start lifting your right
leg out in
front of you, to come to a standing position with the right
leg extended.
Uptown Arms A for shoulders and triceps Stand with your feet hip - width apart and
legs slightly
bent, holding a 5 - pound dumbbell in each hand (palms facing each other) in
front of your thighs.
Straighten your right
leg out in
front of you and
bend your left knee.
A great exercise of spinal strength, chair requires openness through the
front side of the torso while deepening the
bend into the
legs.
Stand a few feet back from dip station and then kick and swing right
leg clockwise over dip station bringing
leg back into a reverse lunge, so the
front knee is
bent and thigh is parallel to the ground.
The R.
leg will go straight out in
front of you while the L. knee stays
bent with the foot on the ground.
In this video tutorial, yoga master Sharath Jois guides you through Marīcāsana A. Draw the
bent leg close to the side of the body, keeping the foot lined up in
front of the hip.
Sitting on ground just in
front of dip station, reach up and grab handles,
bend legs or stretch out
legs in
front of you.
Your
front leg is
bent at a 90 - degree angle, the outer edge of the back foot is pressing into the mat.
For lunge we had the silk wrapped underneath our
front bent leg, with the back
leg stretched behind us.
It is important to keep your lower
leg bent to act as a support to resist rolling
front or back.
Start this stretch by actually sitting on top of the foam roller, leaning back on your hands and
legs bent in
front of you.
Keeping your
legs bent and your feet planted firmly on the floor in
front of you, slowly lie down backwards until you are lying with the roller resting beneath your upper back (around where the shoulder blades are).
Sit on the floor, keep your
legs bent and feet planted on the floor in
front of you, and place the foam roller right behind you.
Lying on mat with knees
bent and fairly wide and feet on the ground, bring hands close together in
front of you and crunch up pushing hands through space between
legs, pulse in this crunch position 3 times and release, bring hands and arms to ground beside body and lift your
legs straight up towards ceiling and lift butt up off the ground, reaching
legs up further.
From the sitting position,
bend both
legs at 45 degrees wrapping one behind you and the other in
front of you.
I love to substitute lunge jumps for this exercise, taking care not to let my knee -
bend go past 90 degrees on the
front and back
leg when I land in my lunge.
From standing step one foot back into a high lunge position with your
front knee
bent and left
leg straightened behind you with your hips facing the
front of you mat.
Keeping an upright posture, allow the
front leg to
bend to around 90 degrees, before pushing back up to the start position.
Without letting your right hand drift in
front or in back of your right
leg,
bend over to the right.
Now
bend your body in the midsection as you bring your arms slowly in
front of you, and then down towards your
legs until they are touching, and assume an upright standing position, with your feet together.
Your arms should be
bent in a runner's stance with one arm out in
front of the standing
leg.
Bring your left elbow to your
bent right knee, extending your left
leg straight in
front of you.
From the last exercise, place your hands on the ground in
front of you and
bend your standing
leg.
Squeeze the butt and
bend your
front leg.
From the position described in step 4 above, lean the torso into a forward
bend over the
front leg and take hold of the foot with your hands.
As you
bend the
front knee your partner should firmly pull the strap against the inner groin, resisting it opposite to the movement of the
front leg.
Standing with one
leg straight in
front and the other
leg behind and
bent, lift up the
front leg's toes (and pull them up with your hand) while keeping your heel on the floor.
Loop a strap around your inner groin, and as you
bend the
front knee into the pose, your partner can pull firmly on the strap while you resist the back -
leg inner groin away from that movement.