Sentences with phrase «legs as levers»

(This is not to say that there are not some Thai women whose hands dance on the small pole, but Thai massage as a specialty frequently uses arms and legs as levers to apply traction - not friction.)

Not exact matches

When you deadlift, your arms, forearms and hands hold onto the barbell and ensure that the bar remains stable throughout the range of motion; your shoulders and traps hold the weight; your back and core musculature help keep the entire body tight and the spine secured; your posterior chain and legs help you lift the weight by acting as a lever.

But you should definitely add more body weight exercises such as push - ups, pull - ups, inverted rows, handstands, front levers and single leg exercises.

It advocates jamming one «leg» of the headrest into between the door and the window and then using the headrest as a lever.

Of course, I forget this completely as I move the lever out of the dog - leg first on the way down the hill and try to push it forwards for second.