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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    SECOND SERIES. First Position. No. 15.—The instructor will command: 1. Chest Exercise; 2. Second Series; 3. First—Position. No. 16 .—At the third com- mand, the students will take the first position, as represented in Fig. It. The backs of the fists are placed upon the breast, and the elbows are elevated as high as possible, preparatory to the movements. No. 17.—The commands, the positions, the classes of move- ments, and the order, direction, and number of motions, are the same in the Second Series of Chest Exercises as in the First, with only the difference that the backs of the fists are always within, thus reversing the action of all the muscles. The positions of the backs of the hands, in all stages of execution of the movements of the First Series, must be reversed in the Second. THIRD SERIES. First Position. No. 18. —The instructor commands: 1. Chest Exercise; 2. Third Series; 3. Positions of First (or Second) Series; 4 First —Position. No. 19.—The positions of the Third Series are the same as those of the First Series, or of the Second, in accordance with the part announced of the third preparatory command of No. 18. The