"Hip width" refers to the distance between a person's hips when measured from one side to the other. It is the width of the area around their waistline and buttocks.
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Keep your hands under your shoulders and keep your feet
about hip width apart.
Stand with feet
at hips width apart and arms fully extended out in front.
Stand hip width apart with your arms raised and out at your sides at shoulder height.
As you move your feet closer together
from hip width you decrease your base of support and challenge the core a little more.
Make sure your knees aren't wider than the width of your hips, and keep your knees
hip width for the duration of the pose.
Start with a straight upper body, legs
at hips width apart, shoulders back and chin up.
Keep your feet about
hip width apart, and engage your core muscles to maintain good posture in your spine.
Stand with your feet
about hip width apart and squat down as low as you can.
Assessing stance width, Escamilla et al. (2001) compared the back squat with stance widths equal to 1 and 2.0
times hip width with loads equal to the 12RM and found that the narrow stance produced superior gastrocnemius muscle activity compared to the wide stance during the back squat.
Step 2: With a wider than
hip width stance hinge and slightly squat in order to grab the kettlebells while keeping a straight back.
Step 1: Set up to with
feet hip width apart standing next to loaded barbell shins close to touching the bar.
Basically, it lays out the evidence that there's likely no leg exercises (including variations
of hip width / angle, foot / ankle angle, ROM, etc.) that significantly emphasize the vastus medialis over the vastus lateralis.
Start at standing position with
legs hip width apart and hold a dumbbell with both hands vertically in front of you at navel area.
Feet wider than
hip width so that you feel your inner thighs kick in and then bend your knees into a squat — keeping upper body straight.
Lay flat on your back with knees
bent hip width and hands by your sides.
OBLIQUE SIDE BENDS (Feet
hip width in standing position, and reaching side to side hinging right underneath...
The Bar starts overhead in a locked out, externally rotated position and the feet
start hip width.
(note that weight through the mid-foot is a better technique in my opinion and feet can be wider than shoulder or
hip width depending on a person's anatomy or ability)
Lie down on your stomach with your feet
hip width separately and your arms by the side of your body.
Start in the same position as for the donkey kick, on all fours with knees
at hips width apart and bent at a 90 degrees angle.
Assessing the phase of movement, Escamilla et al. (2001) compared the back squat performed with either a narrow or wide (1 vs. 2
times hip width) stance with loads equal to the 12RM.
Step 1: Place a pair of kettlebells about a foot in front of you between your feet with a wider than
hip width stance.
When coaches troubleshoot someone's squat, we often hear the cue «knees out» used to help the squatter get his knees and feet to line up outside
of hip width and improve his squat depth.
Kneeling with the
legs hip width apart, position the hands on each side of the lower back with the fingers pointing downwards.
Remember, we're going to have that right hand on top, right underneath the seam, left hand right on top of the nub here and then what we're going to do is we're going to make sure we have a good stance so you got your feet
about hip width apart.
Or go to a leg press machine and position
feet hip width apart, balls of the feet on the machine, heels hanging off.
Use your quads and glutes to step the front foot back towards your back foot and end by standing straight up with feet
hip width apart again.
Push up to straight arm plank with your hands slightly wider than your shoulders, a soft bend in arms and your feet
hip width apart parallel.
From child's pose, lift hips then extend legs toward straight, keeping the feet
hip width or wider.
Continue to narrow the knees to
hip width.
Start with your feet
hip width apart with both hands on the handle.
Plant your feet
hip width apart and bend to one side, stretching your opposite arm over your body.
How to do it: Step with your feet
hip width apart.
Start in a squatting position with your feet
hip width apart and your toes forward.
Using one hand weight, stand with your feet
hip width apart with your weight on your left leg.
Start with your feet
hip width apart, holding the kettlebell in front of you with your right hand.
Inch worm: Stand with your feet
hip width apart.