Sentences with phrase «of bending your legs»

To get the most out of the move, «Make sure to drive through the heel of the bent leg as opposed to coming to toes, and keep an eye on the extended hand or weight to maintain proper shoulder position,» Theodore says.

In the full expression of this posture, the heel of the bent leg should press back into the navel as you fold forward in order to receive its full benefits.

You should end up with one dumbbell on either side of the bent leg.

Return to standing by pushing off the foot of your bent leg (c).

Concentrate on pushing the hips back as if going to sit down on something and keep the foot (of the bent leg) flat on the ground.

Once perfected, the heel of your bent leg will push into the navel as you fold forward.

However, my inner perfectionist keeps making me acutely aware of my bent legs and inability to hold a posture for longer than three seconds.

Really focus on the twist, pulling the glute of the bend leg backwards and lengthening your IT band and your lower back.

Bring awareness into the sensation of opening in the hip of the bent leg.

Not exact matches

In fact, they would even straighten out the babies legs, and wrap the strips of cloth very tightly around the legs so that they couldn't bend back into the fetal position.

Before the nail was driven through the victim's feet, the legs were bent at the knee so that the bottom of one foot was flat against the vertical beam.

Also, the flag of Sicily has the Trinacria on it, which is a Gorgon's head with three bent legs.

My legs don't bend, my arms have a range of motion of about 3 inches, and my chest feels like its going to fall off (just fall off).

One second the game was everything fans and media wanted it to be — the best two teams left in the bracket, playing within one point of each other at 21 — 20, the early makings of a classic — and the next second a player was staring in shock at the lower half of his right leg, which was bent at an impossible angle.

Because we sit on seats that roll up and down a slide, and our legs go from bent up into our chests to squeezing down straight out and hard against the deck of the boat with each stroke, we have ample opportunities each row for the boys to get caught.

So, this is Abdul - Jabbar at this the midpoint of his 20th and final — no, there won't be another — season: starting center for the two - time defending NBA champions, bent but not bowed, sometimes weary of leg but still strong of heart, sometimes short of breath but newly resolute.

Blue's windup — with his big front leg hunched way up and bent at the knee and his pitching arm whipping around in the background — is not classical, like that of Koufax, but it is impressive.

If it wasn't premeditated you would see a bend in his elbow now and then instead of a big outstretched arm in line with his outstretched leg.

Yes — thought Ranieri had a bit of a cheek to bemoan their red card... you could see Rambo's leg bending in the replay.

Nursing, changing diaper, changing spit - up clothes (baby's and yours), made a cup of tea, spent an hour trying to get in 10 minutes of Tummy Time so the baby won't be a dolt, spent 40 minutes getting the baby down for a nap which ended up lasting 20 minutes, made lunch and spilled half of it on the baby's head, clothing changes all around, nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your friend?

Your child can keep himself up and when sitting on the booster seat, and naturally bend his or her legs with feet on the floor of the car.

To prevent hip dysplasia when you swaddle, be sure there's enough room at the bottom of the blanket so that your baby can bend her legs up and out from her body.

Twist or fold the bottom end of the blanket and tuck it loosely behind your baby, making sure that both legs are bent up and out from his body, his hips can move, and his legs can spread apart naturally.

While I've yet to find any conclusive research on the topic, a solid anatomical understanding of infant hip joint development underscores the importance of keeping baby's legs well supported with knees and hips bent, commonly called the «frog leg» or «M» position.

She was able to bend it in such a way that her legs ended up on top of the tray rather than under it.

There are several types of stocking aids that allow you to guide socks or hosiery over the legs without bending at the hip.

My son had to be moved forward facing at the age of 1, he definitely would not have fit anymore rear facing without having to bend his legs.

Instead of your baby lying on her back cradled in a hanging sling, position your baby upright, legs open with hips and knees bent.

The idea is to wrap babies snugly so they won't try to wiggle out of the swaddle, but leave enough room at the bottom of the blanket for them to bend their legs up and out from their body.

This goofy creature captivates the attention of children through a variety of activities: fun noises a mouth that bends, a hidden mirror and hide and seek legs.

In the middle of playtime, you can find me and my kids doing side bends, leg lifts, or other stretches while we shout out numbers or the alphabet to count our movements.

There can be some conditions of the legs or joints that could be cause for the baby to have bow / bent legs for longer than usual but majority of the time it is an almost routine thing that all newborn babies go through.

The proprioceptive system is the awareness of the position of the body and the movement of the arms and legs (e.g. the ability to judge how far to bend or pick something up or duck under a door frame).

To prevent improper swaddling, make sure there is enough room at the bottom of the folded blanket for your little one to bend their legs completely up and out.

You can also place her on her tummy over the lower part of your leg, knees bent under her in a sort of kneeling position so her chest rests on your leg and encourage her to put her hands down on the floor to bear weight on them.

Ninth Place: Syamantak Payra, 16, of Friendswood, Texas, received a $ 50,000 award for creating a smart bionic leg brace that bends the knee automatically as the wearer walks.

To quantitatively test these questions, the team performed micro-CT scans of 12 fossil horse species then used engineering «beam bending» analysis to calculate how much stress each species» lower leg bones were experiencing during normal movement and high - speed running.

In 75 percent of these cases the animals maintained balance with their hands, and over 90 percent of the time their legs were stiff, unlike the bent - knee, bent - hip shuffle of chimps and gorillas, which also stand upright in trees sometimes.

As it moves, the robot will bend one of its knee joints and then straighten it; if the knee joint fails to straighten, the robot determines that it can not put weight on that leg without falling over.

Kohei Okamoto at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan, and his team spotted the molluscs raising their front arms while they bent their other legs, as if they had joints.

What bends in the middle of the long flamingo leg is not a knee, but an ankle.

The left knee should be bent, left heel flat on the floor, and right leg extended with your weight over the left side of your body (b).

The front leg should be bent in front of the body as close to a right angle as possible with the back leg straight out behind.

To come out of the pose, slowly bend your right knee and lower your left leg to the ground.

Two of the most commonly used tests for muscular endurance are press ups and bent - legged sit ups.

For an easier version of this, perform leg raises without the candlestick lift or while bending your knees on the way down.

Single - leg lateral jump: From a standing straddle position, jump from one slightly bent leg to the other at either end of the mat, drawing in the leg that's lifted off the ground toward the chest.

Back Roll — Sit on the floor with your legs slightly bent in front of you.

Using your quads, extend your legs to the maximum while keeping a slight bend in your knees to protect the joint and ensuring that the rest of the body remains stationary on the seat at all times.

From here, keep your right leg bent and raise it to hip height to the side of your body, then lower it back down to the mat.