Sentences with phrase «standing leg bent»

Starting with the knee of the standing leg bent can also be very helpful in the other one - legged balances.

Not exact matches

Some stretches include making circular motions with each ankle clockwise and counter-clockwise or standing up in the aisle and bending at the waist to reach for your toes to stretch hamstrings or standing on one leg bending the opposite knee to bring the heel to your buttock and holding for 15 seconds while grabbing onto a seat for balance support.

Or why, when she is standing on tiptoe on one leg in an arabesque — bent at the waist, with her other leg extended horizontally behind her — and her partner gives her a twist, she will do a rapid «pencil» turn if she straightens up and pulls her leg in.

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.

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.

How - to: From standing, shift your weight onto one foot, bend your knee slightly, then lift your other leg and wrap it over and around your standing leg.

Tips: For better balance, keep your standing leg slightly bent while you lengthen out through your body and lifted leg.

Then bend your back knee and step the leg towards your front foot into a classic standing pose.

Stand on your right leg, knee slightly bent.

Once completed, keep your hands on the ground and jump your legs forward so you are standing in a bent over position.

Here's how to do it: Stand with your feet together, bend your knees enough to connect to those inner thigh muscles, stretch your arms out to your side, take one arm and cross it over the other and press the palms together, bend your knees a little deeper now and take the opposite leg and squeeze it tight so those inner thighs are wrapped together, if you can wrap your leg around the bottom ankle do so, keep squeezing those inner thighs the whole time to help you control this move, find that focus and take a deep breath in, come up to stand and repeat it on the other Stand with your feet together, bend your knees enough to connect to those inner thigh muscles, stretch your arms out to your side, take one arm and cross it over the other and press the palms together, bend your knees a little deeper now and take the opposite leg and squeeze it tight so those inner thighs are wrapped together, if you can wrap your leg around the bottom ankle do so, keep squeezing those inner thighs the whole time to help you control this move, find that focus and take a deep breath in, come up to stand and repeat it on the other stand and repeat it on the other side.

You can also try seated forward fold, spread - legged standing forward bend, tree pose, and bound angle pose.

Stand in front of a wall in lunge position with front leg bent at knee, and back foot extended backwards and slightly turned out.

For pre-bed yoga, try resting your head on a prop in positions like the seated forward fold and wide - legged standing forward bend — the support will help you let go physically and mentally.

Then bend the standing knee slightly and crunch both your arms and raised leg in towards your torso.

At this moment, you should also be bending the back leg, standing on the toes.

Standing with your back to a chair, lower your body by bending your legs and place your hands on the seat of the chair for support.

Be sure to keep the bent leg above or below your knee, to not place extra and unnecessary weight on the joint, and to stay active in the standing leg to ease balance.

Now, stand up until your legs are straight — but don't lock your knees, always keep a slight bend in them — and keep your back straight.

A. Start standing with legs about shoulder - width apart, knees slightly bent and dumbbells in hands, palms facing toward the body and arms extended in front of thighs.

B.Push off with your left foot to rise to standing, balancing on your right foot, left leg lifted and knee bent so your thigh is parallel to the floor.

This may take some practice, but on an inhale, see if you can bend through the left leg and start lifting your right leg out in front of you, to come to a standing position with the right leg extended.

Side Squats Stand with feet hip - width apart and legs slightly bent.

Uptown Arms A for shoulders and triceps Stand with your feet hip - width apart and legs slightly bent, holding a 5 - pound dumbbell in each hand (palms facing each other) in front of your thighs.

Stand with your legs shoulder - width apart and knees slightly bent.

Rotate the bent knee across the standing leg trying to keep your upper body square.

Stand a few feet back from dip station and then kick and swing right leg clockwise over dip station bringing leg back into a reverse lunge, so the front knee is bent and thigh is parallel to the ground.

Stand in middle of dip station and grasp handles, then straighten arms lifting yourself up off the floor, then bend legs bringing knees up towards chest as high as you can, then lower legs down to standing.

From standing, bring legs up with knees bent one at a time as high as you can.

Sample Exercise Setup: Chest — 3 exercises, 1 incline, 1 flat and 1 decline Back — 4 exercises, 1 wide chin up or latt pull, 1 row, 1 pulley or machine row, Deads or pullovers (alternate between these two) Delts — 3 exercises, overhead press, side laterals, bent laterals Triceps — 3 exercises, overhead tricep extension with bar or dumbbell, cable pressdown, machine dip Biceps — 3 exercises, preacher curl, barbell or dumbbell curl, cable curl Quads — 3 exercises, press of some kind, extension, hack or press or squat of some kind Hams — 1 exercise, leg curl Calves — 3 exercises, standing calf raise, bent lower back calf raise (like donkey calf raises where your upper body and lower body are in an «L» shape), seated calf raises Abs - 3 exercises, weighted machine crunch, hanging leg lifts, cable reverse crunches Traps — 1 exercise, shrugs

Stand with your feet shoulder - width apart, bend your knees slightly — not as low as a squat — swing your arms back and up as you straighten your legs and jump.

Standing up with one foot on a slider, move the slider foot around in a big circle, slightly bending your supporting leg

Exhale and bend forward into a standing forward bend, then inhale and raise your left leg parallel to the floor and press the left sole against the wall.

If you have trouble balancing in Vrksasana, try lowering your center of gravity by practicing the pose with your standing - leg knee slightly bent and the arms in a lower position.

As you return to standing, come up balancing on your left leg, while thrusting upwards with your right leg, knee bent.

Then sit up, bending one leg under you and put other foot on ground, using the strength of that leg lift yourself up — try to not use hands for support, and get up to standing.

Stand in a wide stance, using your back leg as a support, and then bend your body toward your supporting leg.

Stand with your feet about 3 feet apart and bend both legs grabbing the ankles.

Let's say that your gym has the four major types of leg curl units: seated, lying, standing and bent - over kneeling.

Therefore in the Standing Leg Curl exercise, you would need to bend forward at the waist and start with the working leg straight before lifting.

Simply stand near a wall and raise and bend one of your legs.

From standing step one foot back into a high lunge position with your front knee bent and left leg straightened behind you with your hips facing the front of you mat.

Stand up with your legs shoulder width apart and knees slightly bent — this is the starting position.

Now bend your body in the midsection as you bring your arms slowly in front of you, and then down towards your legs until they are touching, and assume an upright standing position, with your feet together.

Your arms should be bent in a runner's stance with one arm out in front of the standing leg.

Quads: squat (or leg press), leg extension Leg bi: leg curl on 2 different machines calves: standing calf raise, seated calf raise Chest: bench press, cable flyes back: bent over row, pulldown traps: barbell shrugs * shoulders: behind neck press, side lateral bis: barbel curl, one arm dumbell curl on preacher bench tris: lying tricep extension, cable pushdown fores: hammer curls, behind the back standing wrist curls abs: weighted crunches, cable side crunches

Remind these employees to be aware of not standing with what I call the «baby hip» — one knee bent with all the weight shifted to the opposite leg so that the hip is pushed out.

Stand on one leg and bend your hips while allowing the other leg to travel behind you.

From the last exercise, place your hands on the ground in front of you and bend your standing leg.

Side Lunge to Side Kick (each side) From a standing position, lunge to the right, stepping your right foot out wide to the side and bending the knee, sliding your hips down and back (left leg stays straight).