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  2. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    partial – known as partial, standing, half, semi, parallel, shallow, intermediate, incomplete, or monkey squat; Crouching is usually considered to be synonymous with full squatting. It is common to squat with one leg and kneel with the other leg. [5] One or both heels may be up when squatting. Young children often instinctively squat.

  3. Lying (position) - Wikipedia

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    Betty Bryant lying down and reading letters Painting of a lying woman. Lying – also called recumbency, prostration, or decubitus in medicine (from Latin decumbo 'to lie down') – is a type of human position in which the body is more or less horizontal and supported along its length by the surface underneath.

  4. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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    Leg curl machine. The leg curl is performed while lying face down on a bench, by raising a weight with the feet towards the buttocks. This is an isolation exercise for the hamstrings. [5] Equipment Dumbbell, cable machine or leg curl machine. Major variants Seated (using a leg curl machine variant); standing (one leg at a time).

  5. Knee pain in the US increased 65% over the past 20 years ...

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    Stand with your feet and legs parallel to one another and shoulder width apart. Lower yourself down, as if sitting in a chair, making sure to press your heels into the floor.

  6. Standing - Wikipedia

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    Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a position in which the body is held in an upright (orthostatic) position and supported only by the feet. Although seemingly static, the body rocks slightly back and forth from the ankle in the sagittal plane , which bisects the body into right and left sides.

  7. Sitting - Wikipedia

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    Sitting with bent legs can be done with the legs mostly parallel or by crossing them over each other. A common cross-legged position is with the lower part of both legs folded towards the body, crossing each other at the ankle or calf, with both ankles on the floor, sometimes with the feet tucked under the knees or thighs.

  8. Resting position - Wikipedia

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    Neoclassical ballet includes a rest or "preparatory" position called "B plus" (possibly named for George Balanchine), also called attitude a terre, in which the standing leg is straight, and the back leg curved with the toe pointed. [3]

  9. Trikonasana - Wikipedia

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    Working in Trikonasana using a yoga brick. Trikonasana is performed in two parts, facing left, and then facing right. The practitioner begins standing with the feet one leg-length apart, knees unbent, turns the right foot completely to the outside and the left foot less than 45 degrees to the inside, keeping the heels in line with the hips.