Sentences with phrase «isometric position for»

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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.

In other words, an isometric muscle action means employing muscle strength or tension without producing an actual movement — for example, holding a weight at a certain position in the range of motion.

A great example is an isometric calf raise, where you can hold the upper position for half a minute, all the way to two minutes.

The purpose of the exercise is to stimulate your muscles through isometric muscular contraction, which is a fancy way to say «flexing your muscles in a set position for a set amount of time.»

The starting position for the moving side plank is exactly the same as the isometric side plank above.

It is one of the most complete total - body exercises there is and works multiple muscle groups simultaneously just by holding the isometric hold position for 30 - 60 seconds.

In breathing for classical singing, the ribs maintain an expanded position and the sternum remains elevated while singing / exhaling though sustaining an isometric contraction in the external intercostals, rhomboids, and the other muscles of costal inspiration.

You'll be «sitting» in this position for the duration of the exercise... and THIS is what puts a strong isometric load on the glute of that front leg... CONTINUOUSLY through the entire exercise..

So the strength you build in this position is crucial for your success in the 6 weeks program and isometrics is the best way of building it.

To do an isometric stretch begin by passively stretching to the limit of your flexibility and hold this position for 15 seconds.

One study by Lovell et al. (2012) reported that the supine isometric hip adduction in 45 degrees of hip and knee flexion was the best position for producing maximal activity in the gracilis.

Supine isometric hip adduction in 45 degrees of hip and knee flexion and the side - lying hip adduction seem to be the most effective positions for maximizing adductor longus EMG amplitude.

One study by Lovell et al. (2012) explored a number of common rehabilitation tests for the adductors and found that the supine isometric hip adduction in 0 or 45 degrees of hip and knee flexion were the best positions for producing maximal EMG amplitude in the adductor magnus.