Sentences with phrase «upper torso forward»

Slowly curl the weight upwards, bringing your upper torso forward to a vertical position and activating the belly of your biceps.

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The player then leans forward at the knees with the player's upper leg and torso in a straight line, all while the player tries to hold the position with his or her hamstrings.

Keeping the upper arms stationary and the elbows close to your torso, curl the weights forward while contracting the biceps as hard as you can until the dumbbells are at shoulder level.

Step forward with one leg, around two feet or so from the foot being left stationary behind, and lower your upper body down while keeping your torso upright and maintaining balance.

Place the left leg on top of the end of the bench, bend your torso forward from the waist until your upper body is parallel to the floor, and place your left hand on the other end of the bench for support.

Bring your hips forward enough to counterbalance the backward movement of the upper torso and head.

A high bar position (where the bar rests high on the upper traps) facilitates a more vertical torso, since the body doesn't have to accommodate for the bar being too far behind the center of gravity by leaning forward at the waist.

It's a precarious position for your shoulders, with all your weight forward while your upper arms are behind your torso.

Lift up onto the balls of your feet and lean forward even more, taking the weight of your torso onto the backs of the upper arms.

Without pushing the left hip back (continue to roll it slightly forward), turn the upper torso away from the floor.

Roll the left hip slightly forward, toward the right, but rotate your upper torso back to the left.

If you have the flexibility to move your torso into a full forward bend, walk your hands back until your forearms are perpendicular to the floor and your upper arms parallel.

Turn the upper torso to the left side and gaze in a forward direction.

Based on the angle of the arm, you can focus the stretch more to the chest (upper arm parallel or slightly higher than shoulder) or shoulder (elbow slightly lower than shoulder, and torso bent forward slightly).

Another option would be to do a standing forward bend but with both hands on the wall or chair at about the height of the waist — that way you end up with more of a 90 degree angle between the thighs and the torso and the weight of the upper body is supported by something else.

(1) Lunge with your left leg out at a 45 - degree angle, then (2) lower your upper leg and twist the left side of your torso forward.

Bring legs up to 90 degrees; crunch upper and lower body while lifting left arm up and then lowering it forward until it's in line with torso (B).

If you watch a tired runner, you will notice that the upper torso tends to lean forward and the shoulders begin to round.

To clear the bar, the head / upper torso must pass behind the bar during the pull - up portion, and then lean forward over the bar during the dip portion.

With your hands on the floor a few inches in front of you, fold your torso forward, bend your elbows, and slide the back of your upper arms down the front of your shins.

When a car is rear - ended, the impact can cause the seat to push the person's torso forward and the head and neck backwards, causing the lower neck muscles to hyperextend, or extend beyond their normal limits, while the upper neck muscles hyperflex, or decrease in angle between the muscle and bone.