Sentences with phrase «keeping a straight bar»

Doing this is likely to put whip into the bar, cause your lower back to round, and prevent you from keeping a straight bar path.

This will enable you to keep a straight bar path and lock out more effectively.

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Beyond that, the forced savings of a mortgage will keep this bar moving higher, but $ 250k in five years will require some additional investment beyond straight - line mortgage amortization.

Begin by holding the bar directly overhead with fully extended arms, then lower it down by bending your elbows and go as far as you can, but make sure to keep your neck, back and upper arms straight.

Slowly bend forward at the hips, keeping your knees straight, and lowering the bar until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.

Keeping your arms straight and torso stationary, raise your torso until it's vertical, taking the bar over your head so it ends in an overhead press position at the top of the sit - up.

There are many types of specialized squat bars besides the standard straight bar and all of them offer cool advantages, yet their basic purpose is to help you keep your upper back stabilized and tight throughout the squat.

Other things that you need to be careful about are your knees and arms — your knees should be soft and your arms straight — straighten your arms, lean forwards into a half - squat so that you can reach the bar on the floor, while keeping your head up.

Keep your elbows pointing straight ahead as you lower the bar to your chest.

Keeping a straight posture, grip the bar and lower your body with the bar going toward your forehead, then press back up to the original position.

Standing straight and using only deltoid force, pull the bar up toward your chin, keeping it close to your body.Bring your elbows up to the point where the bar reaches lower to midchest level.

Pull towards the bar and keep your chest in the driver's seat, while your legs should be in a straight line with your torso as much as possible.

Keeping your torso as straight as possible and your elbows close to the body while maintaining a natural arch in the lower back, pull your torso up until your head is at the level of the pull - up bar and focus on the contraction in your biceps.

You should keep in mind to lift the bar to forehead level while keeping your back rigid and straight.

Hang yourself from a bar, keep the legs straight or your knees bent slightly and then start raising them until you reach a 90 - degree angle with your torso and legs.

Utilizing a certain variation of a big compound movement like front squat instead of a back squat, football bar instead of a barbell, trap bar instead of a straight bar, deadlifting from a platform instead of pulling from the floor, doing pin press instead of bench press can prove to be a real game changes and keep you progressing.

Bend your knees slightly as you bend over the bar, keeping your back straight.

With the bar close to your shins, keep head up, eyes looking forward, chest out, and back straight.

You then pull your chest towards the bar as you pull yourself forward keeping your stomach tense and both legs straight.

To fix it, grip the bar low in your hands (griping it too high causes your wrists to bend), close to your wrists, keeping them straight, and wrap your thumbs around the bar using the full grip.

While keep your arms straight, pull the bar straight down until... Read more

A free weight bar, on the other hand, requires that you work to keep the bar level and moving straight up and down.

Grip the bar with an overhand grip, hands about shoulder width apart, get under the bar and keep your body in a straight line, with your heels resting on the ground, feet together.

Leg Lifts or Leg Raises — If you have a pull up bar available, hang from the bar and lift your knees to your chest or while keeping your legs straight, lift them until they are perpendicular to the floor.

• Keep the movement perpendicular — Make sure you lift the bar straight up, at a ninety degree angle to your body.

Technique: Unrack bar and lower to top of trapezius muscles (keeping elbows facing out), pause at bottom, then press bar straight up until arms are fully extended.

Technique: Unrack bar and lower to collarbone (keeping elbows out), pause at bottom, then press bar straight up until arms are fully extended.

Move your hips forward and raise the shoulders at the same rate while keeping the angle of the back constant; continue to lift the bar straight up while keeping it close to your body.

From this point, keep your arms fully extended and locked out straight down then just try and push the bar right down to the floor or as close to it as you can get.

With arms crossing place hands on bar, keeping elbows facing straight forward.

During this phase, it is important to keep the bar close to you, if you look at the movement from the side, lift the bar in a straight line.

ACTION (MOVEMENT): Keeping your body straight and stationary, pull the bar vertically upward towards your chin in a smooth motion.

Keep looking straight ahead, drive your elbows forward and under the bar and push your hips forward while consciously engaging your glutes.

To get maximum upper back involvement in this exercise, at the start of the movement, grip the bar, lock your arms straight, then pull your chest DOWN towards the bar (while keeping your arms locked straight).

Instead of keeping your elbows in tight to your body and bringing the bar around in an arc, point your elbows out to the sides (flare) and push the bar straight down and bring it straight up.

To allow for greatest mechanical advantage at the wrist, the wrists should be kept straight so that the bar is right in line with structure of the forearm.

Keep your chest up and back straight as you pull the bar off the floor by fully extending your hips.

ACTION (MOVEMENT): Keeping your spine straight and elbows stiff, stand upright, lifting the bar upward to hip level.

Pulling yourself up so that your chin passes over the bar and lowering yourself back down until your arms are straight is considered one rep. Repeat the process as often as you would like; however, do keep in mind that it is going to take time to build up your strength, so don't overdo it, as you risk injuring yourself.

The first time you try the bench press, for example, you waste a lot of energy trying to balance the bar, keep it steady, and move it in a straight line.

Keep the bar in line with your wrist and elbows and ensure it travels in a straight line.

In order to keep the wrist straight, try to position the bar as low in the palm as possible while still being able to wrap the thumb.

Helping to keep this low - flying airfoil straight and level is a fully independent suspension, with coil springs and anti-sway bars, that employs some clever devices.

For a shade that wide, you'd need to add a weight bar to each fold to keep the shade straight.