Sentences with phrase «legged stance of»

• Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds broadcaster, on the wide - legged stance of the Phillies» lanky Von Hayes: «He looks like a pair of pliers.»

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Better yet, on the dust - jacket of David Attenborough's splendid Life in the Undergrowth, a creature that turns out to be a damselfly appears to be sizing up the reader as it pauses, front legs arrested in a judo - like stance, perhaps interrupted at tea.

When the 6» 1» 200 - pounder stands square in the crease and splays his legs in the butterfly stance, the lower portion of the four - by - six - foot net disappears behind his 36 - inch - high pads.

In the case of the parallel stance, the athlete's drive leg should move backward as the head, trunk and pelvis remain still before being rapidly accelerated by the front leg into forward acceleration.

Prepare your body for the demands of the single - leg stance pattern.

I don't think the cities have much of a leg to stand on since Obama's stance in Arizona v US.

These dino - pioneers, such as Herrerasaurus, were «fleet - footed carnivores,» Persons says, thanks in part to an evolutionary advance in hip joints: Unlike the sprawling, reptilian stance of other archosaurs, dinosaurs had an erect posture, with their legs under their bodies.

Reinhold Necker of Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, is cautious about calling one - legged stances an energy saver.

All of a sudden, the bird specimen settled naturally into a one - legged lollipop stance.

Stand on one leg, hands on hips and lower your chest / lift your back leg at the same time, so that you feel it working all of the stabilisers of your stance leg.

Squats, regular stance — 4 warm up sets, then 1 X 10 - 12 reps and 1 x 15 reps Narrow stance leg press — 4 sets of 8 reps Stiff leg deadlifts — 4 sets of 10 reps Standing calf raises — 3 warm up sets, 2 sets to failure

Anyhow, a general rule of thumb for bodybuilders is to vary their stance in order to maximize muscle recruitment and minimize leg development imbalances and we couldn't agree more with that.

-- Next, slowly step forward with one leg, until you've achieved a wide stance, which should be roughly the distance of one leg between your feet.

The weight lifter can use a split leg stance at the top of the Olympic jerk, with one leg forward and the other back, or they can use both legs together a shoulder width apart as in a regular push press stance.

In fact, strong leg muscles are the key to most feats of strength and also provide the power for the knock out punch of boxers, the ability of a martial artist to remain unmovable in his stance and the gymnast to jump 10 feet in the air.

Make sure you move from one to another without any rest and in the front and back stance have your left leg in front of you and your right leg behind you.

If you want to build fantastic leg endurance to improve your staying power in sport or are a martial artist who needs to be able to stay in stances for long periods of time it is a reasonably easy thing to accomplish because there are a number of good leg exercises for the job.

These martial arts stances are perhaps the best way of developing the deep separation of leg muscles that great definition requires.

Hop from one leg to the other, taking as wide of a stance as you can.

Your arms should be bent in a runner's stance with one arm out in front of the standing leg.

Triset # 2: Leg Press (Close Stance; feet and legs together) 3 sets of 10 - 12 reps Standing Leg Curl 3 sets of 10 - 12 reps Calf Press 3 sets of 12 - 15 reps

Exploring the effect of movement phase, Escamilla et al. (2001) assessed the effect of phase of movement during the horizontal leg press with narrow and wide stances and high and low foot placements with loads equal to the 12RM.

In powerlifting you are also allowed to use a sumo stance where your feet are nearly touching the plates and you grab the bar inside of your legs as opposed to outside of them.

I often practice standing poses by doing, for instance, the right side of Trikonasana, pivoting through a wide - legged stance, and then doing the left side.

Return to the original plank position and repeat with your left leg in front of the right for the surf stance.

Stand in a fighting stance — legs staggered — and hold the ball (make sure it's a soft - shell one, such as the Onnit Ballistic Medicine Ball) with both hands in front of your chest.

And for an added burn at the end of a workout, try holding a single - leg squat stance for as long as possible.

To increase the level of difficulty bring the feet closer together or use a staggered stance with one leg forward and the other leg back (like a static lunge).

It is such a great core and leg workout since you are standing in an athletic stance the entire time and need to keep your center of gravity on point.

Quads Squats (alternate with Wide Stance Squats) 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 8 reps Leg Press (alternate with Hack Squats) 3 sets of 10 - 12 reps Leg Extensions (alternate with One Legged Leg Extensions) 3 sets of 12 - 15 reps

Once you've walked the feet in to shorten the stance of your Dolphin Pose, pick up the right leg bending the knee and place it lightly on the right triceps.

(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.

Studies have investigated the effects of stance width and bar speed during back squats as well as squeezing a medicine ball between the legs during leg presses on adductor longus EMG amplitude (McCaw & Melrose, 1999; Manabe et al. 2007; Peng et al. 2013).

In Pilates, we do plenty of bending and stretching with the legs in various positions like parallel, pulled together, and turned out slightly at the hip in Pilates stance.

Split squat stance with a short step length (55 % of leg length) and a perpendicular shank angle (90 degrees) involves the greatest peak hip angle for both legs.

The effects of instability on gluteus medius muscle activity during single - leg stances and single - leg squats was explored by Krause et al. (2009), using an Airex pad to create an unstable surface.

They noted that the split squat stance with the shortest step length (55 % of leg length) and a perpendicular shank angle (90 degrees) involved the most acute peak hip angle for both legs.

It therefore involves a single - leg stance most of the time, which is slightly less stable than a two - leg stance.

(The scenes of affection between the two leads often have the physically imposing Flynn frequently resting his head close to Davis» bosom, with legs sprawled across the floor like an adoring puppy; it's an unusual stance for a male Hollywood star, and the emotional vulnerability of Flynn's performance must have boosted his female fan - base.)

Some typical signs of this ailment are aching of the back and neck, rigidness of said body parts, difficulties with urination, issues in passing stools, falling down, feebleness, problems with walking and balance, crouched bodily stance, sore belly, leg tucking during walking and quivering.

In Grades 3 - 4 dogs may exhibit a crouching, bowlegged stance with the feet turned inward and with most of the weight transferred to the front legs.

Walking flat on the back of the hind legs: Veterinarians refer to this as a «plantigrade stance» or «dropped in the hocks.»

The controls are appropriately mapped to the DualShock 4 controller with the basics of the stand up control scheme consisting of pressing square to throw a left punch; pressing triangle to throw a right punch; pressing X to perform a left leg kick; pressing O to perform a right leg kick; holding L1, L2 or R1 while throwing a punch or performing a kick to apply a technical, body or signature modifier respectively; holding R2 to block opposing punches and kicks to the upper body; holding R2 and L2 simultaneously to block opposing punches and kicks to the lower body; changing the direction of the left analogue stick to manoeuvre your fighter around the cage; changing the direction of the right analogue stick to move your fighter's head; pressing R3 to switch stance; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.

«Dusk Form Lycanroc shares some of the aspects of Midday Form, such as a four - legged stance and obedience toward its trusted Trainer,» explains The Pokemon Company.