KNEE BEND Definition & Meaning

knee bend

noun

a physical exercise in which a person starts from an erect position, moves to a squatting position, and returns to the original position without using the hands to support the body.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of knee bend¹

First recorded in 1940–45

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He did some quick knee bends and ran around the tree just for the joy of the free movement.

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Clippers teammate Terance Mann took the diagnosis as “definitely better than what it could have been” after watching George’s right knee bend backward.

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But Myklukha held her balance, then spun around and dipped into a knee bend, before gracefully waving an arm skyward.

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The most sustained exercise I did in the past decade was a regimen of deep knee bends with a colicky baby in my arms after my first kid was born.

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Deep knee bends and jumping jack-type calisthenics help to raise core body temperatures.

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