Sentences with phrase «lower body rotation»

The lower body rotation also loosens up your hips.

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On the other hand, if the feet are slightly turned out, staying in line with the knees doesn't require such an extent of tibial internal rotation and it's much easier to keep the entire lower part of the body in a straight line.

As a whole (all heads working together), the pectoralis major assists adduction (lowering upper arm from side raise position to the midline of the body), medial rotation (rotating upper arm forward or inward to the midline of the body) and horizontal flexion (moving the upper arm from a side raise position to the front of the body).

Without the help of your lower body, the Seated Swing requires more power from the lats and increases core activation and rotation.

I invite you to add this, and other low impact back strengthening moves into your «heavy rotation» — that's the parts of your body you give special focus to and never forget to train — for a lot of people that's our abs — but I'd argue that this area is far more essential.

Functional Injury Prevention Exercise: Ring Scapular Retraction (not filmed)- A series of body weight rowing motions (low row, horizontal row, & horizontal row with external rotation) which all emphasize retraction of the scapula with a tight one second hold for each rep. Typically, I have the athletes do 10 reps of each movement.

The rotation engages both the abs and lower back and the row engages the lats, making this a great compound upper body exercise.

The transverse plane divides the body into upper and lower halves and generally involves rotation of the body.

Many of us stand with our legs internally rotated, and external rotation is crucial for strengthening the legs, pelvis, and building balance in the lower body.

You will learn a lot of joint mobilization techniques such as ankle rotations, wrist adjustments, back cracking, side twists to click the lower back, as well as how to use your body with walking on people's hands and feet, and extra techniques to achieve deeper pressure using your elbows.