Sentences with phrase «of weight on the leg»

I carry most of my weight on my legs and my calves do not have any muscle and it has not slimmed down although I lost 15 pounds.

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After spending the first 20 - something years of his life in a constant battle with his weight, and then nearly losing both his legs while on deployment as a US Marine, George has learned the tools to win at life through his own experiences and battles with Anxiety and PTSD.

The 20 - year - old was in a good run of form before he was crocked following a strong challenge from Hector Moreno and is now able to put his full weight on his injured leg and is expected to be out for at least six months.

Joe Rexrode of the Detroit Free Press reported that Jackson was not able to put any weight on the leg.

Stevens could not update the condition of Forbort, who left the dressing room on crutches and unable to put any weight on his right leg.

All of our hearts sunk to the floor when DeMarcus Cousins couldn't put any weight on his left leg, though Anthony Davis is playing as if his life depends on it.

Fowler, in pursuit of the ball, ran full speed into the wall and almost immediately fell, as he couldn't put any weight on his right leg.

They aren't strong enough (relative to their body weight) to get much out of advanced levels of plyometrics, and would benefit more from strength training, bilateral jumping variations, and single - leg low hops with an emphasis on landing with reduced gravity, and eventually progress to a true plyometric program.

my son's tall and big, almost 22 months - close to being 35» and 30 lbs, and he's still rear facing - I'm waiting until he's at the max of the car seat weight limit (40 lbs) to turn him around - his legs might look cramped, but I'm going for safety - he also now extends his legs out over the sides or up on the back of the seat... pretty creative.

The wide shoulder straps make it comfortable for the wearer, and the belt in which the baby sits in allows for 80 % of baby's weight to fall on the wearer's legs, eliminating back pain while maintaining a good posture.

Put your toddler in the sling with his or her legs on either side of your body and your toddler's weight resting on your hip.

You're also more likely to experience leg cramps during your second trimester and third trimester as the size and weight of your baby puts added strain on your muscles and your womb puts more pressure on the veins providing blood to your leg muscles.

One way to counteract this is to thread weights to the rear legs, which should ensure that all of the legs stay safely on the ground.

This is the development stage of a baby, they will be able to accept the weight on their legs.

A: It especially depends on height, weight and is he / she capable of holding his / her leg.

Some people will spend money on leg and wrist weights in order to provide the same kind of muscle toning you could get from simply carrying your child around like luggage.

Her simple motifs of falling apples, childlike trees, and even girls with arms, legs, and heads sticking out of apple bodies (and, no, not the kind of apple - shaped bodies where you just put on weight in the middle) are sure to make you smile.

Too much supported standing too soon can cause the child's legs to bow as their bones are not ready to have their full weight on them for long periods of time.

A swing or bouncer might be fun for a little while, but since this is also the age when infants can bear weight on their legs, it can make trying a jumper a lot of fun.

What babies need for healthy motor, cognitive and sensory development is active awake time - time to look around, turn towards sounds they hear, kick their legs, reach their arms, stretch and strengthen out of their womb positions and feel their weight shifting on a firm surface beneath them as they move.

Varicose veins, blue bulges on your legs or in the lower body during pregnancy are caused by the weight and pressure of your growing uterus.

By having the belt in front and the baby positioned in this way, the weight is distributed on the hips and legs of the wearer, and breastfeeding is easy.

You can do this in front of a toy that she wants to reach for, you can add some rhythmic rocking to a song you are singing, or you can simply use this as an opportunity to teach her to get into sitting... Once on hands and knees, baby can shift weight back further and to one side or the other, move pelvis over a leg that is planted into the floor and get into sitting.

During pregnancy, especially the latter stages, the added weight of your baby puts a lot of pressure on the circulation of your legs.

Many babies will bear weight on their legs within the first months of life, though they won't be able to support themselves until much later, so don't try to get them to balance on their own.

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.

Approximately eight percent of the baby's weight is white fat, epecially on the arms and legs.

The extra weight of twins creates an even heavier burden on the deep veins in your legs.

I rather like it when those who enter office, whether elected or appointed, announce themselves in advance by a) a long and arduous record, b) predictably constrained staff who will be paid by OUR tax dollars to pursue their pet projects, thus opening themselves up to stark exposure on countless occasions yet to unfold, and c) who must thus become leaden weights on the presumed «We'll get this done» crippled legs of those who make bold to hire them.

The bladders, made out of soft, flexible polyurethane membranes, were located wherever weight - bearing portions of the leg stump pressed against the socket, cushioning the force and softening the pressure on the stump as needed.

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.

He and his team looked through the scientific literature for data on normal walking, and found a complete dataset that represented one person's gait, including the angle of their joints, the weight of each leg segment, and the ground reaction force — the force between the ground and the foot — during a single step, or gait cycle.

Others asserted the prints were indistinct and did not establish the characteristics of a fully extended stride, a deep heel strike and a nearly as deep (as when impressed on wet sand or moistened volcanic ash) «toe off», the impression left by the ball of the foot and toes when one, while walking, pushes off and shifts weight to the other leg.

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).

When you have mastered all the other variants you can try this one for size.The legs should be spread wider than shoulders and you should concentrate on transfer of weight on one side (on the hand that touches the ground).

â $ Most of us grew up in an era when â $ ˜ strengthening our quadricepsâ $ ™ meant sitting on a leg press machine and pushing a sled of weight up a slope, â $ Dr. Wright says in the book.

- Attach a rope to a pulley station set at about chest level - Grab both ends of the rope with an overhand grip - With arms completely outstretched, step back and bend the knees slightly or even better, kneel on one leg - Retract the scapula, squeeze the rotator cuff muscles and pull the weight towards your face - Externally rotate your hands so the knuckles are facing the ceiling - Hold for one second, then slowly return to the original position

Extend your legs out in front of you, with most of your weight on your arms.

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.

Raise yourself up on the bars with your arms extended and supporting the entire weight of your body, then bend your knees and intertwine your legs.

«For many years, I did only five sets of squats when I really should have been doing eight... [and] I did not put enough weight on the leg - press machine,» he said.

Keeping your body aligned, step your left foot forward and lower into a lunge, keeping most of the weight on your left leg.

Aim for three sets of 20 to 30 reps.. Once you've mastered the move without weights, place a dumbbell on the back of your knee as you lift the leg up.

For Stiff - Legged Deadlifts only perform a «heavy» day on the first training day of the week - on the other two days have «light» days for Stiff - Legged Deadlifts (again, using about 70 % of your «heavy» day weights).

Training groups of muscles with similar functions: pushing muscles (chest, shoulders and triceps), puling muscles (back and biceps) and legs on separate days will give your muscles enough time to rest so you can use maximal weights every time you hit the gym.

Plugging away on the elliptical is fine, going for a walk or a run is great, lifting weights is fantastic, but strengthening and toning the middle part of the body — the core — is just as important as exercising the arms and legs.

Just as the hanging leg hip raise, the incline oblique crunch also relies on the added resistance of your body weight in order to make it more efficient.

Raise your legs and torso so that you are resting all of your weight on the back of your shoulders.

«Knee push - ups have a shorter range of motion than when up on your toes, and the amount of resistance is reduced as you don't have to push the weight of your lower legs,» athletic conditioning specialist Paul Bevan (optimumlifestyle.com.au) says.

For the study, 67 individuals with Parkinson's were randomly assigned to one of 3 exercise groups: low intensity walking on a treadmill for 50 minutes, treadmill training for 30 minutes at higher - intensity for improving cardiovascular fitness, and making use of weights for leg extensions, presses and curls, and stretching exercises for improving range of motion and muscle strength.