Wedge your leg to something

[tufguy]

To perform crunches you need to lie down on a bench meant for cardio exercise wedging your legs to the bars at one end then you need to pull your torso up which will put strain on your belly muscles.

Please check my sentence. Is it correct to say "Wedge your leg to something"?

 

[GoesStation]

It should be two sentences. Can you see how to divide it?

 

[Tarheel]

I think you mean you need to make your legs stationary by using that device at the end of the bench.

 

[tedmc]

How about "securing" instead of "wedging"?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. To do crunches (sit-ups) on an exercise bench, you tuck/hook your toes under the bar at the end of the bench.

 

[tufguy]

It should be two sentences. Can you see how to divide it?

To perform crunches you need to lie down on a bench meant for cardio exercise tucking or securing your feet under the bar at the end of the bench. Then you need to pull your torso up which will put strain on your belly muscles.

 

[Tarheel]

To perform crunches you need to lie down on a bench meant for cardio exercises, tucking or securing your feet under the bar at the end of the bench. Then you need to pull your torso up, which will put strain on your belly muscles.

 

[GoesStation]

To perform crunches you need to lie down on a bench meant for cardio exercise tucking or securing your feet under the bar at the end of the bench.

Make up your mind. Do you mean "tucking" or "securing"? If you want help choosing between the two, you should ask.

 

[tufguy]

Make up your mind. Do you mean "tucking" or "securing"? If you want help choosing between the two, you should ask.

But I have been told both can be used. What should I use?

Please tell me the use of "Wedge". Can "Weld" be used as well?

 

[GoesStation]

Make up your mind. Do you mean "tucking" or "securing"? If you want help choosing between the two, you should ask.

But I have been told both can be used. What should I use?

You put the entire sentence in quotes. That means your reader should imagine someone saying it exactly as it's written. You wouldn't say you should do something after "tucking or securing your feet"; you'd use just one of those words.

As ems implied by leaving it out of post #5, "securing" is not a good choice.

Please tell me the use of "Wedge". Can "Weld" be used as well?

Look up "weld" in a dictionary. Does it sound like something you'd do to a part of your body?

I'll leave "wedge" for someone else, except to say that while it is a word you could use with a body part, ems's suggestions are better in this context.

 

[tedmc]

I prefer "tuck" too. Can "secure" be used though? Does securing imply the legs are fastened with ropes or something?

 

[GoesStation]

I prefer "tuck" too. Can "secure" be used though? Does securing imply the legs are fastened with ropes or something?

It really doesn't work.

 

[tedmc]

Why not?

 

[Rover_KE]

It's not colloquial.

 

[GoesStation]

Why not?

It implies that "the legs are fastened with ropes or something", as you guessed above.