Watson's manual of calisthenics : a systematic drill-book without apparatus, for schools, families, and gymnasiums. With music to accompany the exercises ... / by J. Madison Watson.

  • Watson, J. Madison (James Madison), 1827-1900.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Watson's manual of calisthenics : a systematic drill-book without apparatus, for schools, families, and gymnasiums. With music to accompany the exercises ... / by J. Madison Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing, the breath should be drawn or gathered at the pauses, or intervals of the period, thus fully supplying the lungs with air, without improper interruptions. While taking calisthenic exercises, without employing the voice, the breathing, unless otherwise directed, should be carried on through the nose. In order to enlarge and strengthen the lungs, and give depth, mellowness, and purity to the voice, the instructor will frequently combine the following respiratory exercises with the production of the elementary sounds of the language. The students will stand in an erect, but easy posture; the arms akimbo; the fingers pressed on the abdominal muscles, in front, and the thumbs on the dorsal muscles, on each side of the spine, as in Fig. 25, p. 60. The action of the chest, the diaphragm, and the abdominal muscles will be free and unrestrained. The respiratory ex- ercises wall occasionally be executed in connection with appro- priate music, or counting by the instructor. 1. Deep Breathing. Draw in and give out the breath, fully and slowly, eight times through the nose, and then eight times through the mouth, producing the prolonged sound of h on each exhalation from the mouth. 2. Explosive Breathing. Draw in a very full breath through the mouth, and emit it suddenly in a brief sound of the letter sixteen times. Rise on the toes with each inha- lation, and recover the commencing position with each ex- halation. 3. Panting. Inhale and exhale sixteen times through the nose, and then sixteen times through the mouth. The inspi- ration and expiration must be very quick and violent, the ex- piration predominating in force and sound. 4. Produce the Atonics in connection with calisthenic movements,—the instructor counting, when music is not em- ployed. Each oral element will be uttered eight times, once on each motion from the position, the students audibly and fully inflating their lungs each time while recovering the com- mencing position.