Sentences with phrase «hold at contraction»

Rocking chair: 30 reps. Crunches, feet planted: 30 reps. Crunches, feet elevated: 30 reps. Superman, with a 2 second hold at contraction: 30 seconds.

Not exact matches

«It's surprising how well it has held up, given the severity of two years of contraction,» says Todd Hirsch, chief economist at ATB Financial.

At around 10.30 I just couldn't sit still anymore and found holding a business conversation too difficult as the contractions were still regular every 3 mins or so and getting more intense (they were regular right from the very first one that woke me up).

This happens when the baby turns around with its head facing downwards in position for birtht The baby's head is at the mouth of the uterus and it is ready to move through the birth canal in the process of laboro Therefore when you are 38 weeks pregnant and lower back pain is experienced, you know you have to be prepared for labor and childbirtht When the baby is in position for birth and the abdominal lowering happens, it exerts a lot of pressure on the ligaments that are holding the uterus in positiono As the uterus prepares to push the baby out, the back pain and contractions become more intenses These contractions are very different from Braxton Hicks contractions which can be eased by adjusting your positiono Labor contractions increase and decrease rhythmically and are the strongest just before birtht

Following a nice, intense contraction, I vomited and held out hope that I was transitioning (whatever that was supposed to mean at this point).

Its comforting to know im not the only one, I was set to be induced with my fifth child on jan 1, went to hospital at 5 am, put on pittosin at 6, dialed slowly, and had painful contractions, Dr broke my water at 11, contractions even more painful, got the epidural at 12, labor did not progress, was dialated 3 cm all day, @ 8 pm,, Dr took me off pittosin for an hour to see if I would progress if we started over again, at 9 they hooked me up again, all night and just progressed to a 4, that next morning, still nothing, finally Dr said we need to do a c section, since my water was broken earlier the previous day, he was worried about infection, finally went to operating rm, it was so cold, I was shaking and crying, I was so scared, btw my previous 4 children were vaginal births, I felt so guilty, thinking it was my fault my labor did nt progress.Finally I had her, when the Dr held her up for me to see, I started bawling, she was perfect, it was very emotional, she weighed 6 lb 4oz and 18in, Im very proud of her, and myself

The results were that the drugs took the edge off the leading wave of the contractions so I didn't really get time to get on top of them, I was very stressed during labor, did not receive good support, I had a fourth degree laceration with rectal repair, and in addition, my baby was taken away from me for all the necessary (at that time) testing before I really got a chance to even hold him.

Isometric contractions: to really fire up your CNS, at the final rep of your final set hold the weight in the contracted position for as long as you can.

Squeeze your back muscles and hold the contraction for at least 10 seconds, then slowly return to the starting position.

At first, you may be able to perform only short holds, but the aim is eventually to hold each contraction for 10 seconds, aiming to repeat the hold 10 times.

If you're looking to get a better contraction in the lats and increase your pulling strength, try pausing for a one - second hold at the top of each rep.

At the top position, lock your arms and hold the contraction for a second, then slowly lower the weight down (this should take about twice as long as raising them).

At the top, raise your shoulders up as far as you can go and hold the peak contraction for a second.

For better results, hold the peak contraction at the top for a few moments on some reps.

By dinnertime, over 12 hours into natural labor, I was hungry and so was he, and labor was still holding at 5 - minute contractions.

Here's one sample of the possible workout routines (remember, each rep should contain a 3 second hold at the peak contraction):

According to Mayo Clinic's «A Guide to Kegel Exercises for Women», you work toward holding contractions for 10 seconds at a time and relaxing the pelvic floor muscles for 10 seconds between each contractions.

Since you are having a hard time achieving and holding your pelvic floor elevation, I want you to go with your strength, which at this point seems to be the contraction of the «other» muscles like your multifidi and transversus abdominus.

It is easier to hold the contraction and pause at the end of the movement compared to performing them with free weights.

Hold the contraction for a second at the top of the movement.

Tip: Pause at the bottom of every squat, and hold the contraction at the top of every set of calf raises.

So for example, take 4 seconds to go down, hold yourself as you contract the muscles at the bottom of the movement, go back up taking 2 - 3 seconds and then taking a full 1 second contraction at the top of the movement.

Exhale as you perform this portion of the movement and hold the contraction at the top for a second.

After you cultivate the peak contraction and get a feel for it, you can hold it at the beginning portion if you lack tension there.

POWER FACTOR TRAINING VIA static contraction in appropriate cycling phases in one such program that really works, simply by the trainee holding a static weight at a point along the range of motion until TOTAL POSITIVE failure — It's a matter of physiology.

They will then ask the patient to push against them at about 20 % of their maximum force This contraction is held for 10 seconds.

Because it is a static hold that uses isometric contraction to maintain the position it is possible to become very proficient at this exercise in a very short period of time and I recommend it to anyone trying to develop good core strength before moving on to other exercise such as the Lalanne push up or the dragon flag.

Hold briefly at the top of the contraction.

When at the contraction phase of the exercise, it's important to hold for 2 - 3 seconds to effectively work the muscle.»