Erector Spinae. Although you may not think of the squat as a back exercise, the erector spinae muscle group contracts isometrically -- without shortening and lengthening -- during both the downward-movement and upward-movement phases of the exercise.
Definition of aloe - a succulent plant with a rosette of thick tapering leaves and bell-shaped or tubular flowers on long stems, native to the Old Worl Definition of aloe - a succulent plant with a rosette of thick tapering leaves and bell-shaped or tubular flowers on long stems, native to the Old Worl dictionary thesaurus
The genus Aloe consists of approximately 450 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula. Aloes range in size from diminutive pot plants to large trees and massive clumps. The plants are characterized by rosettes of fleshy succulent leaves, which can grow close to the ground, or on branched and un-branched stems. There are variations: A. plicatilis, is distichous, while the unusual A. polyphylla from Lesotho grows in spirals.