The syllabus of physical exercises made easy.

Date:
[1910?]
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Credit: The syllabus of physical exercises made easy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXERCISES. ' COMMANDS. 1. a. Breathing. Hands on chest. b. Head turning with alter- nate arm flinging. Arms across bend, Trunk forward bend. c. Outward lunge with OBLIQUE ARM STRETCHING. Arms bend. 2. Trunk bending backward. Foot forward place. Neck rest. Trunk bending FORWARD AND DOWNWARD. Foot forward place, Arms upward stretch. 3. Arm stretching upward, FORWARD AND DOWNWARD, WITH TURNING TO THE LEFT . (or right) about, on downward. 4. Heel raising and knee FULL BENDING, ARM RAISING FORWARD AND UPWARD, LOWERING SIDE- WAYS AND DOWNWARD. 1. a. (Hands on chest—place). Breathe—in. Breathe—out. or, Breathing—com- mence. (Attention). b. (Arms across—bend. Trunk forward— bend). Alternate arm flinging with head turning—right;—left;—right;— left; (Front). (Trunk upward—stretch. Attention). [See Table 37.] c. (Arms upward—bend). With oblique arm stretching, left' foot outward in. lunge position—place. Feet and arms —change, 1, 2. (Attention). 2. (With neck rest, left foot forward—place). Trunk backward—bend. Trunk up- ward— stretch. Feet and arms—change. Trunk backward—bend. Trunk upward stretch. Arms upward—stretch. Trunk forward and downward—bend. Trunk . forward and upward—stretch. Feet and arms—change. Trunk forward and downward—bend. Trunk forward and upward—stretch. (Attention). 3. With turning to the left about on “ down- ward,” arms upward, forward and downward—stretch. With turning to the right about on “ downward,” arms upward, forward and downward— stretch. [The first movement of the “ about turn ” is made as the arms are bent before stretching downward, the “about turn” is completed as the arms are stretched downward.] 4. With heel raising and knees full bending, arms forward and upward—raise. With knees stretching and heels lowering, arms sideways and downward—lower.
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