Quotes About Stiffness

How does lifting weights enhance running economy and endurance? Other studies have shown that it works by increasing the stiffness of the leg when the foot hits the ground (Dumke et al. 2010). The legs function as springs during running. Physics teaches us that a stiffer spring loses less energy when it lands and bounces higher. Your legs will do the same thing if you strengthen them in the gym.

His elbows cracked loudly when he straightened his arms, and something hitched and snapped in his right shoulder when he moved it the wrong way; a general stiffness of his frame worked itself out by halves through most mornings, and he labored like an engine through the afternoons, but he was well past thirty-five years, closer now to forty, and he really wasn't much good in the woods anymore.

Steeple, people, banana-fana-fo-feeple. What the fuck ever. If you don't loosen up, lady, I'll drop your ass on it.

Prolonged sitting can cause stiffness in your lower back.

If they finally move, is it because they are warm enough, or is it that they are stiff, or bored?

The gilded chairs covered with their worn tapestry were set about stiffly like too many servants with nothing to do.

I don't mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day.