hands-on exercise
11Crunch (exercise) — Performing the crunch The crunch is one of the most common abdominal exercises. It primarily works the rectus abdominis muscle. Contents 1 Form …
12Bodyweight exercise — Bodyweight exercises are strength training exercises that do not require free weights; the practitioner s own weight provides the resistance for the movement. Movements such as the push up, the pull up, and the sit up are some of the most common… …
13Squat (exercise) — The squat is a lower body exercise used in strength training. It is also a competitive lift in powerlifting and an essential movement in the sport of weightlifting. The exercise s main emphasis is on the quadriceps and the glutes, but it also… …
14Pull-up (exercise) — A pull up is an upper body compound pulling exercise where the body is suspended by the arms, gripping something, and pulled up with muscular effort. As this happens, the wrists remain in neutral (straight, neither flexed or extended) position,… …
15Pushing hands — Pushing hands, (, Wade Giles t ui1 shou3, pinyin tuī shǒu), is a name for two person training routines practiced in internal Chinese martial arts such as Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan), Liuhebafa, and Yiquan. OverviewPushing… …
16floor exercise — Gymnastics. a competition in which each entrant performs a routine of acrobatic tumbling feats and balletic movements without any apparatus on a specifically designated floor space, usually 12 m (39 ft.) square and having a matlike covering.… …
17isometric exercise — i so*met ric ex er*cise, n. A system of exercise to strengthen specific muscles of the body by pushing parts of the body (such as the two hands) strongly against each other, or against a fixed object, so that the muscles are strongly stressed,… …
18Bridge (exercise) — Bridge is an exercise. Many variations of this exercise are employed throughout the world, most commonly the balancing of the body on the head and feet. Hands are occasionally used instead of or along with the head. It is effective in improving… …
19To play into a person's hands — Play Play, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G.… …
20Teachings of Falun Gong — The teachings of Falun Gong were introduced to the public by Li Hongzhi (李洪志) in Changchun, China, in 1992. Falun Gong is also known as Falun Dafa (Great Law of the Law Wheel). The teachings cover a wide range of topics ranging from spiritual,… …
