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A backbend is a gymnastics, contortion, dance and ice skating move, where the spine is bent backwards, and catching oneself with the hands. Throughout the move, the abdominal muscles , obliques , and legs are used to steady the performer while curving backwards.
The drum major of the Ohio State University performs a backbend in 2016. Folklorist Danille Lindquist has described the drum major backbend, and the audience reaction that accompanies it in the form of cheering and applause, as part of a series of rituals associated with college football designed to seek and elicit popular consent for the staging of the athletic contest that follows.
A Marinelli bend is a backbend while supported only by a grip at the top of a short post that is held in the mouth. Splits and oversplits (a split of more than 180 degrees) may be included in frontbending or backbending acts. An oversplit may be performed while the feet are supported by two chairs or by two assistants.
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According to a new study, flexibility is linked with living longer. Personal trainers and dietitians explain why—and how you can become more flexible.
Marinelli bend is a form of contortion posture in which the performer (most often female) supports their whole body weight only by biting onto a mouth grip attached to a short post in a backbend position with their buttocks sitting on their own head.
Backbend asanas are yoga poses where the spine is arched backwards (extension) The main article for this category is Backbend . Pages in category "Backbend asanas"
The Korbut flip is a gymnastics skill performed on either of two different apparatus. Both were first performed internationally by the Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut. [1]The more spectacular version of the skill used to be performed on the uneven bars, where the gymnast, from a stand on the high bar, performs a back flip and regrasps the bar.