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  • Featuring smooth leather cushion, a cast aluminum frame and modern technology, the relaxation armchair offers ergonomic comfort, as it automatically adjusts the angle and the body-weight of the user through pneumatic jacks.

    Low Lounger by Low Lin Kiat 2009

  • After a few months, Mr. Gorta slowly added body-weight exercises, like push ups on his knees and crunches.

    A Tailor-Made Plan to Lose Weight Christopher Shay 2011

  • There is a therapeutic pool, which includes a hydraulic lift to help injured patients into the water and a body-weight treadmill, on which patients are strapped to a harness that supports them while they walk hospital staffers also provide assistance.

    Gabrielle Giffords's transfer to Houston for arduous rehabilitation went 'flawlessly,' doctors say David Nakamura 2011

  • As he lowered his body-weight percentage, more air filled the chamber to lift him higher, and he felt less resistance against his feet.

    A Space-Age Powered Comeback Mike Sielski 2011

  • By using their baleen like a parachute and sucking in their body-weight in water in one go, then straining it out:

    Boing Boing 2009

  • That's why participation in organized activities correlates with better academic performance and even lower body-weight.

    Laura Vanderkam: Are We Over-Scheduling Our Children? 2010

  • Two weeks later, the weight started coming off again and she quickly attained her body-weight goal while marveling at the amazing new energy she had to use for her family and her business.

    Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy JJ Virgin 2010

  • That's why participation in organized activities correlates with better academic performance and even lower body-weight.

    Laura Vanderkam: Are We Over-Scheduling Our Children? Laura Vanderkam 2010

  • Your New Normal is what you've been dreaming about. remember that the grass may be greener on the other body-weight side, but you still have to mow it.

    Me Minus 10: Finally reaching 'there' 2010

  • When traveling, it is best to do body-weight exercises such as push-ups, sit-ups, lunges and squats, she says.

    Time is of the exercise essence 2008

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