-- As soon as you've squeezed the shoulder blades together, start slowly raising the bar back to its starting
position with the arms extended fully and the lats fully stretched as well.
Stabilizing the weight in an awkward
position with the arm extended forces the muscles that act on your shoulder blades to clamp down hard.
• Explode to upright
position with your arms extended, which sends the Kettlebell in an upward motion (keep shoulders loose, elbows locked).
Not exact matches
The Superwoman exercise involves adopting a
position that mimics her iconic action pose, by lying flat on your stomach
with arms and legs
extended out flat on the floor.
For this movement, you will place a declined bench under the Smith machine and set the bar at a height that's reachable from a lying
position with almost fully
extended arms.
Take a light to moderately heavy weight and
position yourself on your mat
with your legs out flat and your
arms and plate
extended.
• Remain in lunge
position • Lower medicine ball down behind the head • Ensure elbows and upper
arms are kept back in alignment
with the side of the head •
Extend medicine ball back to original
position directly above the head • Return to start
position, feet together, medicine ball
extended directly above the head • Repeat entire exercise
with alternate leg
How to: From a standing
position, grab a barbell
with a pronated, shoulder - width grip and allow your
arms to hang straight down
with extended elbows.
How to: Start in an
extended arm plank
position,
with feet a little wider than your hips to broaden your base of support (a).
-- Once you've gotten yourself into
position and
extended both
arms in front of you
with the preferred grip width, lower the torso backward at an angle of 30 degrees while slightly curving the lower back and puffing the chest out.
Begin in a tall seated
position with your legs fully
extended and your
arms reaching straight to the ceiling.
Grasp the bar
with a pronated grip,
positioning your hands slightly wider than shoulder width, and hold the weight above your chest
with both
arms extended.
With palms facing each other,
extend arms out to the side, squeezing the shoulder blades, hold, and return to the starting
position.
Add side support: Strengthen
arm and shoulder
position and
extend both legs long in line
with body, press body up to a side plank, hold for a slow count to 10.
Start in a
position for the traditional push up,
with your toes on your ground and
arms extended.
Take the dumbbells up
positioning them right above your chest
with fully
extended arms.
From a standing
position with a wide stance, grab the bar and raise it from the floor by
extending your
arms in front of you and maintaining a tight core and take it up to shoulder height.
For best results you should always try to lower yourself all the way to the starting
position with arms fully
extended.
Beginning on all fours in a tabletop
position with the toes tucked, inhale to
extend the right
arm long in front of you and left foot behind you, keeping the back foot flexed and active.
With your palm starting in neutral
position (facing your body), press the kettlebell overhead until your
arm is fully
extended and rotating the hand so your palm is facing ahead.
Grip the dumbbells or cables in each hand
with your palms facing inward,
arms extended above your lower chest,
with your
arms fixed in the barrel hugging
position.
Take a wider than shoulder width grip (About six inches wider each side is good but experiment until you find a distance that is comfortable) then
with your
arms fully
extended pull yourself up until your chin is roughly level
with the bar, hold the
position for a second and then lower yourself back down to the starting
position.
To do the Lalanne push up, lie belly down on the floor
with your legs straight and your
arms extended directly out in front of you (similar to the superman flying
position) and from there push up
with your hands keeping your whole body straight and rigid.
Slowly lower your body, under control, until your
arms are fully
extended with your shoulders in a neutral
position.
Raise it over your head until both
arms are fully
extended, holding one end of the weight
with your palms (the weight should be in vertical
position over your head).
Fair + - The ability to hold the test
position with both of your
arms extended forward.
Your starting
position will be a 90 degree angle
with your upper
arm next to your body and your forearm
extended down.
With your forearms parallel to the floor (the starting position), push the bar down until your arms are extended straight down with the bar near your thi
With your forearms parallel to the floor (the starting
position), push the bar down until your
arms are
extended straight down
with the bar near your thi
with the bar near your thighs.
One
arm should always be in the starting
position (above your chest and pointed towards the ceiling) while the other is
extended above your head
with the hand close to or touching the floor.
You can alter the
position of your
arms in a variety of ways; for example: stretch the
arms upward, perpendicular to the floor and parallel
with each other,
with the palms facing inward; interlace the fingers,
extend the
arms straight in front of your torso, turn the palms away, then stretch the
arms upward, perpendicular to the floor, so the palms face the ceiling; cross the
arms behind your back, holding each elbow
with the opposite - side hand (be sure to reverse the cross of the forearms and repeat for an equal length of time).
Lie down flat on ground
with arms outstretched on ground behind head holding Ugi and legs flat and
extended, slowly raise ball and straight legs up high into a V
position, hold a couple seconds and then lower back down to start
position.
You can get in the water holding a kick board
with your
arms and your head above water, allowing you to still work your lower body in an
extended position.
Position the seat under the lat pulldown so that you can just reach the bar
with your
arms fully
extended.
BOSU Torso Twist in Lunge (right) Start in a low lunge
position with front foot on the BOSU ball and a weight (dumbbell or med ball work) held in both hands,
arm extended out in front of you at chest height.
tart in a low lunge
position with front foot on the BOSU ball and a weight (dumbbell or med ball work) held in both hands,
arm extended out in front of you at chest height.
After, the athlete gets into that starting
position with his / her
arms extended with some tension in the band, they will row the band back towards themselves keeping the core engaged.
How to: Start in a plank
position, one hand on the ground (
arm fully
extended), the other on a medicine ball
with a slight bend in the elbow.
Open your
arms like a scarecrow and squeeze your shoulder blades tight, then
extend your
arms toward the floor
with your elbows
extended, and finally bend them back to the scarecrow
position.
Get on the floor in a plank
position, holding your body up
with your
arms fully
extended.
5 Best Dumbbell ExercisesOverhead Press • Stand
with feet wide, holding dumbbells
with arms in a goal post
position • Brace abs into spine and
extend arms straight overhead.
• Stand
with feet wide, holding dumbbells
with arms in a goal post
position • Brace abs into spine and
extend arms straight overhead.
Lying supine,
arms extended to the sides on the floor, legs bent at the knee
with lower legs resting on the ball, participants slowly twisted at the waist to the right until the knees touched the floor and then returned to the starting
position.
Position: Stand
with your feet hip width apart and
arms extended out from your shoulders
with soft elbows.
With the feet firmly planted hip - width apart, the athlete will
extend her
arms and hold this
position.
So, your feet are in
position, your knees are bent and you are in a crouched power
position with your chest facing forward on the surfboard and your
arms are
extended you're all set.