The leg extension is a resistance weight training exercise that targets the quadriceps muscle (m. quadriceps femoris) in the legs. The exercise is done...

sled moves uncontrollably towards the trainer. Equipment Leg press machine. The leg extension is performed while seated by raising a weight out in front...

training, the quadriceps are trained by several leg exercises including the squat, leg press, and leg extension.[citation needed] The proper Latin plural form...

He invented a number of exercise machines, including the pulley and leg extension devices and the Smith machine, as well as protein supplement drinks...

The straight leg raise is a test that can be performed during a physical examination, with the leg being lifted actively by the patient or passively by...

The leg is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or buttock region. The major bones of the leg are...

the stunt and helps with the stability of the flyer's foot. In a one-leg extension stunt, the main base will lift the toe and heel of the foot to increase...

isometrically stabilize the spine to resist extension and posterior pelvic tilt that would otherwise occur with the legs lifted in front. When the lumbar spine...

press, a similar movement that involves an additional dipping motion in the legs to increase momentum. An overhead press may also be performed unilaterally...

as the neck and trunk, extension is movement in the posterior direction. Extension of the hip or shoulder moves the arm or leg backward. Even for other...

means of extension in several of their hinged leg joints, namely the femur–patella joint and tibia–metatarsus joints or second and third leg joints respectively...

posterior, and peroneal muscles of the lower leg. The movement performed is plantar flexion, also called ankle extension. Calf raises are sometimes done with...

Firing Patterns in Two Arachnids Using Different Methods of Propulsive Leg Extension". Journal of Experimental Biology. 162 (1): 313–329. Bibcode:1992JExpB...

released extremely rapidly to power leg extension for propulsion. To prevent premature release of energy or motions of the leg, the flea employs a "catch mechanism"...

Günther, Michael; Blickhan, Reinhard (15 February 2012). "Hydraulic Leg Extension Is Not Necessarily the Main Drive in Large Spiders". The Journal of...

much stress on the joints, similar to the shearing forces found in leg extension and leg curl exercises. Practicing weighted movements at high speeds also...

chair A Roman chair helps to stabilize the legs up until the hip joints while performing low back extension. The torso from above the hip joints is flexed...

In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint),...

in front. He severs the ligaments of his victims' knees to prevent leg extension, forcing his victims to crawl. Once the operation is complete, Heiter...

contraction.[citation needed] Involuntary extension of the "normal" leg occurs when flexing the contralateral leg against resistance. To perform the test...

groups include: Quadriceps (front legs), e.g., squat, leg press, leg extension. Hamstrings (rear legs), e.g., leg curl, lunge, glute-ham raise. Calves...

The crossed extensor reflex or crossed extensor response or crossed extension reflex is a reflex in which the contralateral limb compensates for loss...

Forearms Wrist curl (i) Wrist extension (i) Hamstrings (back of thighs) Deadlift (c) Frog jumping (i) Good-morning (c) Leg curl (i) Squat (c) Lats and trapezius...

crunch, vertical traction, extension arm, calf rotary, pulley, lat machine, glute, leg press, lower back, leg curl, leg extension and technogim Ce For presentations...

design by McTiernan that included 12-inch leg extensions that gave the Predator a backward bent satyr-leg. The design did not work in jungle locations...

from a Germanic base where it meant "crooked". It gained the meaning of the leg of an animal around the 15th century. String refers to tendons, and thus...

 B1. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. "Orange Line's Second Leg [extension diagram]". Los Angeles Times. September 2006. Archived from the original...

D Line Subway Extension Project (formerly known as the Westside Subway Extension, the Subway to the Sea, and the Purple Line Extension) is a construction...

seat can be set closer to the ground while maintaining the correct leg extension to the pedals. This allows the rider to place their feet on the ground...

on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's "Wabash extension". This extension became the Lake Street leg of the Loop upon its completion. Always intended...