You have to lower yourself.

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"I would like you to suppose that a person is doing the exercise (push ups) and he is not going down as much as he should. So what would we say? "You have to lower you body or yourself as much as you can."

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How about:

You have to go lower.
You have to touch the ground.
etc.
 

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Here, lower yourself is quite natural (Toronto). It wouldn't have moral connotations in the context of physical exercise techniques.
 

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Here, lower yourself is quite natural (Toronto). It wouldn't have moral connotations in the context of physical exercise techniques.

What exactly does it mean and when to use it?
 

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"I would like you to suppose that a person is doing the exercise (push ups) and he is not going down as much as he should. So what would we say? "You have to lower you body or yourself as much as you can."

Please check.

"You need to go closer to the ground," seems most succinct to me without any negative connotations.

The phrase "lower oneself" often means that a person is doing something that is beneath his dignity or position. For example, "The king did not lower himself to clean the royal toilets."

Hope that helps. :D
 

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What exactly does it mean and when to use it?

:shock: Tufguy, how long have we been telling you not to try to ask a question with "how to"?
 

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:shock: Tufguy, how long have we been telling you not to try to ask a question with "how to"?

I didn't know that "when to" also means "how to."

Okay I will try not using "when to" as well along with "how to" in the future. It is a complicated thing.
 

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'When to' does not mean the same as 'how to'. The point is that questions beginning with a question word followed by a to- infinitive are not standard English sentences. The question words need to be followed by a properly-formed question.

Can we use "how can we use it" or "when can we use it" in questions?
 

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It depends on what kind of question you're asking or if you're making a statement showing that you have a query.

How can we use it?
I need to know how we can use it.
Could you tell me how we can use it?
(In the last one, the verb/subject reversal takes place in "Could you".)

When can we use it?
I want to know when we can use it.
Could you tell me when we can use it?
 
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