Sentences with phrase «lifts with your knees»

Also always remember when lifting dumbbells off the floor or from a low surface to lift with your knees to reduce back injury.

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Lie on your back with your knees bent and lift your butt off the ground with your pelvis held as high as you can so the line from your knees to your shoulders is straight.

He wrestled upright with Newton's laws and ended by having to touch his knee to the ground to achieve the velocity, the lift, the momentum he needed to get the ball out of the yard.

With Chris Paul now three games into his return from a knee injury, the minutes restriction is slowly being lifted to the benefit of Houston's offensive output and efficiency.

Johnson runs with remarkably little knee lift.

They are just one game away from making the final again this summer, but they have the formidable obstacle of the current World champions Germany to get past first, so the news that the Arsenal centre forward Olivier Giroud could miss the match with a knee injury is a huge blow to their hopes of lifting the trophy in Paris on Sunday.

«She says that she has to drop down on one knee with her hands at her side, wait for the principal to come out, lift his arms and tell them to go to class,» said the mom.

Relieve gas or excess air: With your baby lying on her back, either push her knees towards her tummy or lift her legs up then push them down to a lotus position.

Alternate this with lifting his knees and the «bicycle» motion.

The damage had probably been done the day before, when I foolishly lifted a number of large, heavy objects in an empty classroom, too stubborn to find help and too careless to properly bend my knees with each lift.

Initiate the lift by extending with the knees and hips.

Achieving this speed will make you open up your strides, with your knees lifting considerably.

Alternate sets of jumping knee lifts with 3 different jump twists.

Return to starting position, then press the noodle overhead with your right hand while lifting your left leg back, bending the knee.

Slide the hands behind the knees and lift the toes with the legs bent, bringing the shins parallel to the floor.

Also, because you have a bench to support yourself on with your knee, you can devote more attention to lifting instead of keeping your torso in the correct form all the time.

Balance on your left leg with your right leg lifted, knee bent to 90 degrees.

Lift your right knee into your chest, and grab hold of your foot with your right hand.

From here, lift the knees off the floor no more than two inches and hover there for 5 - 8 deep breaths, pulling the abdominals in deeper with each exhale.

Standing on a flat surface with feet hip - width apart, comfortably jump on one foot, lifting your knees as high as possible.

Next, lie fully on the table with both legs extended; lift right leg toward the ceiling without bending your knee.

Sit with your feet resting on the floor, knees bent, and try to float your feet off the floor while keeping your chest lifted.

A few of her go - to moves: modified crunches in boat pose for a killer lower abdominal burn, knee - to - chest leg lifts with a lunge, and handstands with a wall assists.

Staying low in squat, shift weight and pivot feet until right knee is back out to side and left knee is forward with heel lifted; that's 1 rep. Do 20 reps.

Start with your feet together and on the ground, keep your knees lifted and the body in one straight line.

Slightly bend your right knee, hinge at your hips and bring torso close to parallel with the floor (left leg should be lifted and parallel with the floor).

As you inhale, straighten your knees and lift your hands with palms facing up and elbows bent.

When you're lifting up from the lowest point of the squat, you will need to drive your hips up before you do the same with your knees.

Generally speaking, lifters who squat narrow keep their feet pointed forward and lifters who squat with a wider stance tend to flare their feet slightly, thereby allowing for a greater hip involvement and reducing the risk of knee valgus.

Starting off with the right knee bent back in half of Virasana, lift the leg by pulling the head of the thigh bone into the hip socket and activating the pelvic floor.

Learn how to do a Plié Knee Tuck & Lift by watching this video with celebrity fitness trainer Tracy Anderson.

Squeeze glutes and lift hips so they align with knees; extend right leg (B).

Lie on your back with knees bent to 90 - degree angles and feet lifted.

The goal is to lift the knees toward the chest repeatedly or toward a 90 - degree angle with the body.

Begin with the soles of your feet on the floor and lift the left ankle and rest it on top of the right knee, keeping the left foot flexed.

On top of that, many lifters find that squatting with a wider stance and knees flared outward allows them to lift heavier loads.

Also, if your hips are too high and your legs are almost straight, the hips and lower back have to work a lot harder since your knees can't help with the lift, which further increases lower back stress.

-- Lie down on the floor with your knees bent and your feet lifted from the ground (over your hips), and your hands behind your neck for support.

Move your hips forward to vertical over your knees, tuck your tailbone to release your lower back, and lift your middle and upper chest open with your breath.

Exhale and rotate from the ribs toward your lifted knee, scooping the back of the right knee with your left hand and placing your right hand on your right hip, right elbow and gaze directed behind you.

This one involves getting on all - fours, with your knees lifted a few inches off the floor.

Time and time again, I hear from people with bad knees complaining that all the best butt - lifters are too hard on their knees.

Russian twist: Sit on the floor with knees bent and feet together, lifted a few inches off the floor.

B.Push off with your left foot to rise to standing, balancing on your right foot, left leg lifted and knee bent so your thigh is parallel to the floor.

Your next inhale brings you into a half lift with a long, straight spine; you may need to microbend slightly at the knees to get there; then exhale, plant your hands, and flow through your vinyasa, which is low plank, elbows grazing the sides of the rib cage, and inhaling upward - facing dog, moving your chest forward; then leading with the low belly pressing back to downward - facing dog.

«Lift with your legs, not your back» is not good advice because to do that requires a knee - squat where the knees scissor way forward which is a recipe for knee injury.

From sitting with hands just behind hips and knees bent, lift behind up of floor.

Walk your knees backward until you can easily lift up into a plank position with your feet hip - width apart.

Maintain your good form with your lifted chest, engaged core, and don't let your knee go beyond your front toe.

Lying on your back, lift your legs in the air with your knees slightly bent.