Sentences with phrase «long planks of»

A piece of wood was used to support and assemble long planks of wood to.

It is long planks of wood (ours is pine) with grooves that fit the planks tightly together.

We put up long planks of 1 × 6 MDF on the wall with the window and part of the side wall in the bedroom.

You can build your own by nailing a long plank of wood to smaller blocks of wood and standing it on the ground like a table (you only want the plank to be a few inches off of the ground, so use sturdy, but short blocks of wood).

Then I heard it again while holding the longest plank of my life during a pilates class.

Not exact matches

To Plank, it's the former, of course: «It's like, I wake up in the morning, my wearable device tells me how long I slept, and data point one beams to the cloud.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made shifting companies» short - term focus to the long term a key plank of her campaign.

«At the beginning of each class just set one small goal (hold a plank for 5 seconds longer, sink into the exercises an inch deeper) and you will definitely see results if you stick with it!»

As you walk down the long wood plank floors of the upstairs hallway, it feels as if you are walking back in time.

Steve Zabel, an Oklahoma tight end at the time, recalls the day Buck Nystrom, the offensive line coach, got peeved at the taxi - squad players who were going against his linemen in the «board drill,» in which two players lined up at opposite ends of an eight - foot - long plank and ran into each other like mountain goats, the winner being the one left standing on the board.

There are easier ways of getting from here to there, but all day long children choose to cross this narrow, springy plank they've set between a pair of stumps.

The Countryside Alliance Foundation has long been concerned about the ambiguity surrounding meat labelling, so much so that the adoption of a mandatory country of origin labelling framework was a key plank of the Countryside Alliance Rural Manifesto published in 2009 (to view the manifesto in full please click here).

«They will try it, I guess they're entitled to have a go, but that is why it's important to campaign clearly on a not very long list of things we have done and aim to do», he warned of the income tax spat, adding that it was well - known that the policy was «our major campaigning plank.»

Plank notes that if water was used in the device, instead of the biologically similar buffer, the long aptamer might also produce a signal because the electrically sensitive layer would be thicker.

Materials • Two «two - by - four» or similar size wood planks, about one half meter long works best • Small plastic tub with lid • Sand or another dense material to fill the tub • Water • Freezer • Books • Ruler • Protractor • A carpeted area or a rug that can get damp (or a protective covering, such as a large plastic trash bag) Preparation • Make sure that the pieces of wood have surfaces that are similar in roughness and are about the same length and width.

And right now doing five minutes of planks no longer feels like a choice.

I wonder if I'd feel differently if I tweaked my goal, such as increasing my time by planking longer instead of doing the same one - minute rounds five times every day.

All of this was led by Todd, and it wasn't all stretching and breathing — there were definitely long moments in plank, resulting in sweat and loosened - up muscles.

The problem of the traditional plank is that it doesn't offer deep core activation on the long run.

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.

Planks have long been considered one of the best exercises for your core.

I end up modifying many of the moves by round 2 or 3, and just keep moving - if it's a jumping move, go to body squats if you get winded for example, if an upper body move burns out your arms, hold a plank as long as you can.

Depending on how advanced your prolapse is, you may still be able to participate in some of the activities you mentioned (star jumps / burpees / man push ups / sit ups / forward and side planks etc), as long as you are extremely mindful about «zipping up» (i.e. engage your pelvic floor muscles FIRST and then engage your deep abdominal muscles) prior to these explosive motions.

I end up modifying many of the moves by round 2 or 3, and just keep moving — if it's a jumping move, go to body squats if you get winded for example, if an upper body move burns out your arms, hold a plank as long as you can.

«Do minute - long planks, three sets of 20 bicycle crunch exercises, two sets of 30 heel digs, three sets of 20 bird dogs and the mighty Turkish get up.

Mon / Wed / Fri 9 am - 10 pushups / 15 bodyweight squats, repeat 1X for 2 sets 10 am - plank holds (hold the planks as long as you can taking short rest breaks for a total of 3 minutes) 11 am - 5 pushups / 10 bodyweight squats, repeat for 4 sets 1 pm - plank holds (hold as long as possible in 3 minutes) 2 pm - 8 pushups / 12 bodyweight squats, repeat for 3 sets 3 pm - plank holds (hold as long as possible in 3 minutes) 4 pm - max pushups / max bodyweight squats in one set (no repeat)

To get stronger and hold your plank for a longer period of time, breathing is imperative.

Find out how many repetitions you can perform of the push - ups, rows and squats and how long you can hold the plank.

hands free front squats, leg press, hyperextensions, crunches of all forms, zercher squats (so long as you don't grab your hands), leg raises (including side for the glute min / med), some cable awkward cable work could be done so long as you «grip» the cable in the crook of your elbow (front / lateral raises, pec fly, reverse fly maybe), calf raises, planks, there's more but they start getting finicky after this lot

Some moms may not be able to preform crunches or planks for a much longer period of time.

As you plank for longer and increase your strength, try raising an arm and / or leg during the exercise or balancing one end of your body on a Bosu ball, exercise ball, or medicine ball.

Today she says she can hold a plank, use long - forgotten ab muscles to get up off the ground — and even walk up and down the stairs carrying both of her children (or a boatload of grocery bags).

According to the principles of progressive overload, holding a plank longer works.

This is why I often recommend using a variety of plank positions in your training program — even cycling through them in a circuit fashion, as opposed to doing one long plank in one pose (example here).

I have trained dozens of people who can perform 100 sit ups in a row without a sweat, but can not hold an active plank for longer than a minute without shaking like a leaf on a tree.

Plank yoga mats aren't for everyone, admittedly, any cue can improve grounding on any mats, what's different, is our Proactive Grounding ™ technologies, not only corrects the contact quality of your foundations, our reinforcer technology, enables you to sustain maximum grounding for longer, even when it is not being cued by instructors.

I was doing, on average, 12 to 15 hours of planking a week, the longest of which at any one time was 45 - 60 minutes.

Once you've set up your base, step your feet back so that your body is long and straight like a plank of wood.

Then, you hold this position for as long as you can without committing the «cardinal sins» of planks — letting your hips drop toward the ground or sticking your buttocks into the air.

Now, if you care, and I doubt that you do, my longest plank performance to date is this one, in which I held the top of the pushup position for five minutes.

The long lever plank variations resulted in higher rectus abdominis muscle activity compared to the standard plank variations, irrespective of posterior pelvic tilt.

I had to tweak and play around with the positioning of my back in the plank exercise for the longest time because I had rounding happening in my upper back and the only way you can really fix that is by learning how to control and isolate parts of your body and then figure out how to position it properly to get your desired outcome.

There was a trend towards greater external oblique muscle activity in the long lever plank with posterior pelvic tilt compared to the long lever plank without posterior pelvic tilt (148 vs. 111 % of MVC).

There was a trend towards higher rectus abdominis muscle activity in the long lever plank with posterior pelvic tilt compared to the long lever plank without posterior pelvic tilt (109 % vs. 90 % of MVIC).

Comparing isolation exercises, Schoenfeld et al. (2014) assessed variations of the plank exercise including the traditional plank, long lever plank (greater flexion of the shoulder), traditional plank with posterior pelvic tilt, and long lever plank with posterior pelvic tilt.

Usually only 30 - 45 minutes long, these kinds of classes turn & burn with quick intervals on intense exercises; think 4 minutes alternating 30 seconds of high knees with 30 second of plank pose.

Planks also develop isometric strength in your core, which helps you stand up straight or sit up straight for long periods of time.

The second key plank of the project was time — taking things slowly and making a long - term commitment.

«While the days of Kia being the Rio car company in Australia are long past, the model remains a core plank in the growth and success of the brand in our market,» says Damien Meredith, Kia Australia COO.

They were lined up in neat double rows, either side of the long dock, some in open boxes, others simply laid on the bare planking.