Sentences with phrase «than my hips so»

Make sure the knees don't come any further in than the hips so that the lower abs are always engaged, and that the arm movement is initiated from the lats.

By separating the knees wider than your hips so that your stomach can rest in between them in a child pose provides a rejuvenating stretch to the hips.

I have a waist that's much smaller than my hips so the skirt hung loosely off my waist no matter which size I tried while my hips played the main role in deciding the fit.

Not exact matches

Either adjust your seat to a downward tilt so your knees are lower than your hips, or recline your chair backwards so your knees move lower than your hips.

As Todd Brenneman argues in his recent book, Homespun Gospel: The Triumph of Sentimentality in Contemporary American Evangelicalism, sentimentality may be a defining characteristic of religious life for many Americans, and so most readers in the dominant Evangelical culture, outside a few hip and urban churches, are more likely to encounter the treacly poetry of Ruth Bell Graham than the spiritually searing work of R. S. Thomas or T. S. Eliot.

«So this is what we do, we make each other better at being ourselves, better at being like Jesus, we slow - dance, my head on your heart, your breath in my hair, your hands on my wider - than - they - used - to - be hips, our feet slower perhaps because we're moving together.

«Same Love» critiques «right wing conservatives,» hip hop's portrayal of homosexuals, «a preconceived idea of what it all meant,» «a world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are,» and traditional religion.

So rather than worrying about whether that plum pudding is going straight to your hips or the glass of bubbles will tip you over your allocated calorie count, you freed your mind of all that negativity and simply enjoyed your food and drinks mindfully with your nearest and dearest?

Ohio O.K., so the last time the Bobcats won more than four games in a season, Men at Work was a hip new band.

And Taker is moving so much better than last year during his supposed retirement match, where he had one hip working for him and one working against him the entire time.

When I sleep, I usually don't move an inch — so I vividly remember waking up on more than one occasion to find a few of my limbs asleep along with an ugly ache in my hip from being in one position for too long.

The first time we camped with our son, I completely forgot that, most of the time, I'd be going in and out of the tent with a small child in my arms, rather than operating unencumbered, so while I had a pair of flip - flops for daytime wearing, at night, it meant I had to awkwardly set our son on the floor of the tent, where he'd wail at me while I put on my shoes, or try to don the boots while holding him on my hip.

Fits waist / hip sizes from 68.5 cm (27 inches) to 140 cm (55 inches) so the same carrier can be used by more than one person.

But cloth diaper companies started developing diaper covers for the old fashioned rectangular diapers that fasten at the hips with either snaps or Velcro even as far back as the «60's — they just cost so much more than the pull - on pants that most people didn't bother.

Move your hips forward and lean back with baby's whole body resting on yours so your baby's head is higher than the breast.

Comparisons: SO much more comfortable than the Baby Bjorn and better for baby's hips, but not quite as easy to take off.

Thighs spread around the mother's torso and the hips bent so the knees are slightly higher than the buttocks with the thighs supported.

So it's not exactly a true wipe - clean but, like the Flip (Flip runs a bit smaller at the hips than Capri), it's mostly a wipe - clean cover.

It provides them with a hip seat so that babies are held rather than dangling.

To compensate, the angle of curvature in the lower spine increases by as much as 28 °, creating an S shape that pulls the shoulders back and redistributes the weight so the center of mass is again above the hips rather than out in front.

Why should having a beer belly be so much worse than having humongous hips, thunder thighs, a well - padded bottom, loglike arms, or an opera - singer bosom?

In 2010, researchers Amy Cuddy, Dana Carney and Andy Yap reported that people who adopted expansive postures — so - called «power poses,» like putting your hands on your hips — had higher levels of the «macho» hormone testosterone and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, and were more likely to take risks than those who struck more timid poses, such as crossing your arms.

The pelvis extends vertically so that the hip socket vertically carries the load, rather than on lateral loading other reptiles.

Extend your spine so that your head is slightly lower than your hips at the bottom of the movement.

Another often overlooked problem when squatting is raising the hips faster than the chest and shoulders, which can excessively stress your lumbar spine as you extend the lower back, so make a mental note to always raise your hips and shoulders at the same time, just as you bend your hips and knees at the same time on your way down.

Separate the knees so that they are a little wider than hip - distance apart, with the big toes touching.

So if your hip extension is less than optimal, your lower body strength and power will be largely compromised, meaning that your deadlifts and squats, for example, will be weaker than they have to be.

Tips: It's much easier to drop into this with your hips up high than it is just to bring your knee straight forward, so begin in a short downward dog.

I was running between 20 — 25 miles per week, which was much more than my usual weekly mileage, so it was just a matter of time before I felt pain in my left hip.

Feet wider than hip width so that you feel your inner thighs kick in and then bend your knees into a squat — keeping upper body straight.

I never felt so grateful for my body, for my big hips, my cellulite, my frizzy hair, my long gangly toes, and all the idiosyncrasies that make me unique, than when I watched dozens of women afflicted with cancer, most now living without one or both of their breasts, practice yoga without any sense of comparison or competition, without trepidation or worry, or when I received the warmest hugs from these women, without a shred if insecurity or inhibition.

However, this idea rarely works in reality and you would actually benefit a lot more from strengthening your gluteus maximus by doing hip thrusts, squats and deadlifts than stretching, since it's quite possible that the other muscles in the area are weak so you've been putting too much stress on your piriformis muscle.

Far too many people allow their hip flexors to come into play, pulling them up off the ground so they're really getting more of a lower body workout than anything.

Look under your right shin (toward the wall) to see whether one of your hips has dipped lower than the other and adjust them so they are even — it will intensify the stretch and keep your lower back happy.

I have big bones and my shoulders are wider than my hips, so it makes my figure a bit «manly».

Do your best to keep your hips stable and focus on moving from the waist and spine more so than the hips.

Take another jump and bring your feet back out so they're a little wider than hip distance (c).

All the fat on your body contains alpha - 2 and beta - 2 receptors and without getting too overly scientific... The beta - 2 receptors speeds up fat burning and the alpha - 2 receptors slows down fat burning and your stubborn belly, hip and / or thigh fat has more alpha - 2 receptors than beta - 2 receptors so...

But if you do it, you should add no more than 10 pounds and wear it in a backpack, weight vest or at your hips so your body can remain balanced and your posture is not thrown off.

In fact, front and back squats are more similar than they are different — both require massive amounts of strength / stability in the hips and core, as well as requisite «access» to hip flexion, knee extension, and ankle dorsiflexion — so I really see little need to get all territorial about which one is better.

But I do like the inverted position, so try to position yourself on a workout bench so your head is lower than your hips, but your spine is in neutral and you can work some crunches in this position.

So the key is getting your hips higher than your knees when you are sitting.

It's this intention of movement that really helps balance the forces at the knee joint, so if you do have any knee issues and want to try this technique, focus on THIS part more so than what's happening at the hip.

Focus on driving the elbow back, but at the same time, pulling the wrist to your hip, so that the elbow is at an obtuse (wider than 90 degree) angle.

Keeping just a slight bend in your elbows and knees, jump your legs apart so they're a little wider than hip width (b).

Place a bolster and perhaps blankets under your torso so your head and heart are higher than your hips.

This exercise is so effective because the resistance is located directly over the hips rather than on the shoulders.

From here, set up just like you did for your bodyweight squat — feet slightly wider than hip width apart, toes slightly pointing outward, butt back, squat down slowly, drop so the tops of your legs are parallel or lower, and stand back up.

Warrior II opens the hips, but the pose is so much more than this.

Keep in mind that you need to bend using your hips, so do not force your hands lower than your hips can withstand.