Sentences with phrase «stronger than our arms»

Because our legs are stronger than our arms, pedal powered «grinding» allows for quicker tacking and gybing in a race, but it could also be useful to reduce the required manpower for commercial sailing ships.

Not exact matches

It was the soul of his entire race that had shuddered within him: an obscure memory of a first sudden awakening in the midst of beasts stronger, better - armed than he; a sad echo of the long struggle to tame the corn and to master the fire; a rancorous dread of the maleficent forces of nature, a lust for knowledge and possession... A moment ago, in the sweetness of the first contact, he had instinctively longed to lose himself in the warm wind which enfolded him.

He is strongest when someone is trying to bull rush him and he can just stand them up with his long arms and make them lose their anchor (although even then, he takes steps back more times than I'd like).

I agree on Allen — so much more to playing QB than having a strong arm.

I think Sable played a bigger role in making that transition in 97/98... and if you were to remove her from the timeline, I think you have to seriously question what would've happened in the 4 years or so between Sable becoming the mega-star she did, and the women's division of the early 2000's... There's a strong likelihood that those four years would've consisted of women being nothing but arm candy valets — aside from Chyna beating up dudes... Hell, there's an outside chance that Trish and Lita never become more than the valet / managers they started out as...

«They all have strong arms and are better - than - average runners.

He's a much better athlete than Hackenberg IMO and a stronger arm.

Josh Freeman is a strong armed quarterback that looks way better than last year and he has a good passing option with Mike Williams.

Mainly because, you know, it seems like Liberty Media is actually trying to work with the teams on it, rather than last time when Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley basically strong - armed the teams into going along with it.

If their arms are stronger than their legs, they may start by crawling backwards — this is nothing to worry about at all.

Going backwards often comes before going forward, so don't be surprised, your baby may just feel stronger in their arms rather than their legs.

Perhaps a grand jury would be a better use of time on Friday than trying to fulfill promises to a strong - arming influence peddler.

A federal indictment handed down on Thursday alleged former state Senate Majority Leader Skelos strong - armed a medical malpractice insurance firm to provide his son, Adam, with more than $ 100,000 in payments and health benefits through a no - show job while the firm lobbied Skelos on legislative matters.

For more than 30 years, New York City charged a reasonable, minuscule income tax — 0.45 % — on approximately 800,000 suburban workers who make daily use of our city's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special election.

Skelos, 69, and son Adam, 33, were convicted of bribery, corruption and conspiracy in December 2015 after a jury found that the Long Island Republican strong - armed companies into paying his son more than $ 330,000 for a no - show job.

Attorney William McGinley says Friday that federal prosecutors intend to charge his client after more than two years of investigation plagued by «malicious leaks, violations of grand jury secrecy, and strong - arm tactics.»

The Skeloses were convicted in December of bribery, corruption and conspiracy after prosecutors played tapes showing that the Long Island Republican strong - armed companies into paying Adam more than $ 330,000.

Women from the earliest farming sites, dating to between about 7,300 and 7,000 years ago, had leg bones about as strong as those of modern rowers but arm bones between 11 and 16 percent stronger for their size than rowers.

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The company expects to have a prototype of the new crane within a year, in time for the launch of its V112 three - megawatt turbine, which will have heavier components and require a crane with a stronger arm than the current Tower Crane has.

By measuring the force applied to the arm, Reis and co-workers found that a knot with 10 twists needed a tug about 1000 times stronger than one with a single twist, which Audoly had failed to predict.

Some of his supporters were less than impressed by the revelation that he had tried to strong - arm CSIRO chief executive John Stocker.

Prehistoric women that lived in Central Europe during the first 5,500 years of farming had stronger upper arms than living female rowing champions, according...

My arms became more defined, my abs grew taut, my hips drew in at the sides and I felt stronger than ever.

Neutral - grip pull - ups are slightly easier to perform than wide, overhand pull - ups because they place your arms in a stronger position and allow you to complete more reps; and since there is less strain on your arm muscles, your biceps won't limit your movement and you'll be able to target your back more effectively.

Nothing made labor better than just lying there in the dark with his strong arms holding me in total relaxation.

No question about it, we'll be seeing more of Lesnar's beastly body, famous for the terrifying shoulders and arms, super chiseled chest and massive back, and we hope to see him even bigger and stronger than before.

A good example is the guy who is trying to get stronger by training with high rep calisthenics even if he sees that he can't do one arm push ups after training for more than 2 years.

And, second, if this exercise is performed in proper sequence, the arms will temporarily be stronger than the torso muscles, and thus the limitation normally imposed by the strength of the arm muscles will be entirely eliminated.

Then move to stronger arm and perform NO MORE reps than with your weaker arm.

Their strong - arm tactics were worse than any tactics employed by the tobacco industry and they worked.

These killer tips are geared towards getting bigger arms, they're slightly different than your general tips on how to gain muscle mass to get bigger stronger in the gym.

For me, it's more about healing my body and managing my autoimmune disease than it is about losing more weight or even making milestones at the gym (although I wouldn't complain if I could find a way to lose 15 more pounds or get strong enough to do some more challenging arm balances in yoga).

Rather than strong - arming me into a one - size - fits - all approach, Michael listened to me about my lifestyle and resources and worked with me to create a program that nudged me to make healthier and more energizing food choices.

I suggest doing these at the end of your arm workout when your biceps are good and weak, that way, even though the biceps is stronger than the forearm they are both worked out evenly.

People would sometimes come up to me and say «Well Dennis you may be stronger than me in say powerlifting and arm wrestling but I'll bet I could beat you at doing pull - ups, pushups or sprinting.»

I do get my husband to vacuum the entire house, he has much stronger shoulders and arms than I do so for him it's nothing.

Everything that you expect to see visualized in «Solo,» based on your experience with previously stated «Star Wars» mythology, gets served up on a silver platter, from young Han Solo's first meeting with Chewbacca to Han winning the Millennium Falcon in a card game from its original owner, Lando Calrissian, and making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs (that parsecs are a unit of distance, not time, is properly explained at last), to the fact that Wookiees hate to lose at three - dimensional chess and are strong enough to rip people's arms from their sockets.

Like most John le Carré movies, Our Kind of Traitor is a handsome and well - polished piece of filmmaking, and the film earns a strong shot in the arm from its more - than - capable ensemble cast.

Matai Shang (Mark Strong), of a race of beings called Therns that purport to be messengers of the planet's goddess, offers Than an ultimate weapon — a wiry death ray of sorts that attaches to the user's arm and emits the same mystifying blue plasma that Shang can control.

Subaru says the block is stronger than before, has lower - friction camshafts, lighter rocker arms and polished valve stems.

These are far stronger than the stamped steel stockers and will help eliminate wheelhop and unpredictable handling due to arm flex and bushing deflection.

Sierra's signature short - long arm / torsion bar front suspension design is retained, but now features new, forged steel upper control arms that are stronger and lighter than their predecessors.

The 2011 HD models» front suspension now features new forged steel upper control arms that are stronger and lighter than their predecessors.

The tubular construction of the Rancho parts for our 2009 Tacoma (PN RS64901 for 2005 - 2015 Tacomas) means they are stronger than the factory stamped steel arms.

«To get a hug from your dad makes you feel safer than just about anything in the world, and in his arms, you don't have to be brave or strong or selfless.

Colbert urged his audience to buy the book through independent booksellers, rather than Amazon, as a protest against the company's strong - arming publisher Hachette as part of their terms negotiations.

In the fall, Google was sued by Skyhook Wireless — the Boston - based outfit that pioneered the art of pinpointing a mobile device's location based on Wi - Fi and cell - tower signals — which accused using Android to strong - arm handset makers into choosing Google's location technology rather than Skyhook's.

The suit, filed in Massachusetts state court, accuses Google of using its Android mobile operating system to strong - arm handset manufacturers into using Google's location technology rather than Skyhook's.

Also mentioned in the report was an effort dubbed PRC Plus, which DigiTimes said was intended to entice manufacturers «to use Intel processor's advantage of stronger performance than ARM - based processors and improve on the operating system's user interface and user experience.»