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  2. Push-down (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    Figure 1: Push-down on a cable machine. A push-down is a strength training exercise used for strengthening the triceps muscles in the back of the arm. This exercise can also be called a triceps push-down or a two-armed standing triceps extension. The exercise is completed by pushing an object downward against resistance.

  3. Johnson bar (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    A Johnson bar activated parking/emergency brake on a 1930s White transit bus. Johnson bar is the term for several different hand-operated levers used in vehicles. Their distinguishing feature is a positive latch, typically spring-loaded, to hold the lever in a selected position, capable of being operated with one hand.

  4. Reversing gear - Wikipedia

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    The most common form of reversing gear uses a lever to engage (known as a Johnson bar in the United States) mounted parallel to the direction of travel on the driver’s side of the cab. It is controlled by a handle and sprung trigger at the top, and pivots at the bottom to pass between two notched sector plates.

  5. Paul Henry Allen Lynch - Wikipedia

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    Paul's second world record occurred in 1983, July 10, when Paul accomplished 1,753 one-armed push-ups at the Wimbledon YMCA, London. [citation needed] One-Finger Push-Ups. The One-Finger push-up is done with just one finger of one arm only, and must be done consecutively with no breaks.

  6. Reverse arms - Wikipedia

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    The drill was known in former times as "club arms" (for reverse arms) and "mourn arms" (for rest on arms reversed). [4] Royal Engineers march with arms reversed at the funeral of Elizabeth II. The movement was used in the US Army by the time of the American Civil War and one veteran of the time noted that the movement was tiring to perform. [5]

  7. Facebuster - Wikipedia

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    The attacking wrestler grabs hold of an opponent's neck with both hands, one on the front, and one on the back. The arm that has the hand on the back of the neck may hook the opponent's arm. The wrestler then lifts the opponent up, releases the hand holding the front of the opponent's neck, and pushes forward to slam the opponent to the mat ...

  8. Spinebuster - Wikipedia

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    A spinebuster is a professional wrestling move in which an opponent is grabbed by the waist and then slammed down back-first. [1] The standard variation starts with the wrestler facing their opponent and then grabs them around their waist, lifts them up, and then either slams the opponent down while landing on top of them, or tosses them forward on to their back.

  9. Pull-down (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    This variation of the lat pull-down, in which the bar is pulled behind the neck, may be dangerous and less effective. [5] Behind the neck lat pull-downs offer no biomechanical advantages. [ 6 ] It can cause compression of the cervical spine disks, and disk damage if contact is made by striking the bar to the neck.