Sentences with phrase «move a muscle while»

My husband was in wounder by the fact that I didn't move a muscle while the baby and I were sleeping.

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Babies are careful moving their tongues while the underside heals and it takes a while to learn how to move the tongue more effectively and strengthen the muscles that were not used before the procedure.

While the great outdoors is the optimal spot for moving those large muscle groups, it's not always possible.

While urging security agencies to respect the people's rights with regards to the on - going pro-Biafra protest, Metuh observed that the right to peaceful protest was protected under democracy and stressed that instead of flexing muscles with innocent and un-armed protesters, security agents should move to the Sambisa forest and battle the Boko Haram sect.

The exercise and diet group saw gains in mobility and muscle strength and decreases in fat mass three months after the intervention, while those three measures moved in the opposite, undesirable, direction for the other group of men.

While many kinds of organisms (even single - celled ones) can swim, reach, float, squirm and even roll, only animals have developed muscle fiber, which has allowed us to move in a wider variety of ways and heave around vastly more weight.

The chip sits on the surface of the brain, while the electrodes delve midway into the brain's two - millimeter - thick cortex to eavesdrop on neurons that normally signal muscles to move.

The dumbbell bench press targets the fronts and tops of the shoulders, the triceps and the chest muscles, while also engaging the rhomboids and the serratus anterior as secondary muscles that help execute the move.

This particular move targets your quads, glutes and inner thighs while also working on your shoulder muscles.

Moves like the deadlift, squat and overhead press place great demands on your core muscles, requiring them to hold the spine in a rigid position while the hip and shoulder joints generate the force needed to move the weight.

If your triceps are lagging, try to focus on them more — actually, make them the centerpiece of your workout for a while and make sure to hit them as hard as you can before moving on to bigger muscle groups.

This is the ab - solute best move for strengthening your core, while the cross body punches work the oblique muscles too.

«This full - body move challenges all your muscles, especially your core, legs, and glutes, while burning lots of calories,» says Ramona Braganza, who trained Saldana for the role.

It combines two moves in one to up the number of muscles you're working while cutting back on the time you spend working out.

They obviously derive their name from the hammer grip you have on the dumbbell while performing them, but this name also suitably hints at their ability to hammer your muscles like no other move.

At the end of the workout, keep moving at a slow pace for a while, and move on to performing gentle static stretches to help your muscles relax and loosen up, which will reduce post-workout muscle soreness and pain.

The core muscles, including the abdominal muscles, act as stabilizers while we stand, turn our heads and neck, move the pelvis and help us do exercises or any type of intense physical activity, from fast running and jumping to cutting wood, shoveling snow, raking leaves and lifting weights.

So while dividing your total carb intake into six meals a day is a smart move, the best idea is to make sure to eat more of them at breakfast and after training to make optimal use of their muscle - building properties, and skip them at the end of the day to avoid unwanted fat storage.

Compound movements such as the kettlebell swing, in which the centre of gravity shifts, work the entire body while moves native to dumbbell workouts often isolate one or two muscle groups.

7 more moves to target your entire body — and while some of them look very simple they are incredibly effective for fat - burning and supporting and developing that lean, sexy muscle!

The primary moves here are the fan - shaped latissimus dorsi muscles running from underneath your arms down to your lower back, while the rhombs and traps are called in as key assisting muscles.

While some experts claim that staggering moves with opposing muscle group pairings circumvents this risk, the nervous system's response to this training method necessarily inhibits power.

How she stays motivated When Holly gets bored with her weight - lifting workout, her husband shows her new moves she can incorporate into her routine while still working her major muscle groups.

While enzymes mainly break down our food, the nerves, muscles and neurotransmitters physically move the food through our digestive tract from the stomach to the small intestine and to the colon.

If you want to lift something heavy, rather than furrowing your brow, holding your breath, and demanding that your muscles make the first move... draw in a very full breath, letting your muscles follow while the air is moving.

An explosive move designed to develop speed and power in the back muscles while increasing the heart rate.

After you've annihilated your biceps, the hands will now act as hooks just holding the weight, while your lats and middle back will be the only muscle group involved in moving it.

Here's why: when you don't move much while standing, the muscles in your legs, ankles, your feet don't have a chance to contract, causing blood flow to and from your feet to slow down.

We've selected the following five moves because they target multiple muscle groups at once and allow you to burn fat while building muscle — which is the optimal combination for getting the most bang for your buck.

While alignment with gravity is crucial, your bones can't put themselves into line; they need the muscles to move them into position, hold them there, and reposition them as needed.

She recommends finding a tender spot and then moving a joint through a range of motion (example: flexing and extending your ankle while your calf is pressed against a roller) instead of rubbing a muscle to death.

Well - fed muscles produce more energy, generate motivation and help us to feel good while moving!

It is an indirect ab exercise, which simply means that the abdominal muscles work to stabilize the spine while the leg is moving.

They must start with basic activation, slowly moving through an exercise while training the brain to contract all the appropriate muscles.

Next, there are carefully placed stretching and resting poses in between sets and moves to release tension from the muscles while also strengthening them for that long, lean muscle look and feel.

While moving along a flat surface is good, each degree of incline you add makes employing those muscle fibers much better.

On the top side, the flexor muscles work to flex (contract) your wrist upwards, while the extensor muscles extend your muscles back to move your wrist into a straight position.

What it Does: Targets the muscles and connective tissue on the sole of the foot while stretching the deep layer of calf muscles that moves the toes and supports the arch of the foot.

The most effective way for women too tighten and tone is WEIGHTS... lifting weights 3 x week — muscle burns FAT and muscle takes up less space than FAT — and when ur lifting — for the next 48 hrs (onbetween weight training / your body is still burning calories — unlike cardio (which u are only burning while ur doing it) so much has been proven that indeed weights will shrink ur frame yet you will look leaner — so throw away the scales and buy tape measure — and every two weeks measure yourself (first thing in morning) you want compound moves, and minimal rest onbetween sets — any reputable PT should be able too write you up a good programme on this which u can easily do on ur own at local gym.

In this sun salutation - inspired moving meditation, you're slowing down your breath, while stretching out all the muscles you just worked.

During inhalation the abdominal muscles relax and extend outward, while the diaphragm muscle moves downward.

While also working on hip extension, this drill adds in a movement to get all of the muscles of the shoulder girdle moving properly.

The stability ball is a great way to challenge your core while you also challenge the chest muscles, and moving your arms in an alternating fashion further increases the stability challenge.

While we do offer programs that allow for focused muscle growth or fat loss we never lose sight of the ultimate goal... looking, feeling and moving like an athlete!

And many more muscles work to keep you balanced while your body moves.

And since muscle tissue helps you burn more calories while at rest and while moving, you will be able to smooth out some of the natural starts and stops that come with trying to lose weight with PCOS.

While these muscles are involuntary, breathing and sweating help to eliminate toxins and tonify the smooth muscles so that they can expand and contract more effectively during peristalsis — the rhythmic contractions smooth muscles make to move food through our digestive tract.

Not only does the squat work your glutes and quads — some of the biggest muscles in the body — it's a full - body move that promotes both mobility and balance while building strength.

This means that you are moving away from using one set of muscles which you have presumably used (and trained) for a while towards using another set of muscles which you have not used (and not trained) for a while.

In fact, because mobility requires us to use muscle strength to control our bodies while moving through ranges, it is itself a form of strength training.