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IDEAL HOME LIFE
a horizontal position in front of the body, as in illustration (Fig. 2). Return to the original standing position with the elbows at the sides and raise the elbows and left knee; repeat alternately with right and left leg elevated twenty times.
Exercise 3 |
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Stand erect in a natural position, arms at sides, body held perpendicular, and chest |
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Lesson III—Fig. 3. |
out; then, bending both knees, let the body |
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sink downward, rising slightly on the toes, till you have assumed as nearly as you |
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can the position of the figure in the illustration (Fig. 3), returning to erect position without moving the feet on the floor. Repeat twenty to thirty times.
Exercise 4
Stand with the right leg advanced diagonally forward about thirty inches, and the hands held clenched about the height of the hips (Fig. 4). From this position |
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swing the body forward, pivoting at the |
Lesson III—Fig. 4. |
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hips and throwing the weight well on to the right leg. Extend the arms downward till the fingers touch the floor just beyond the right foot (Fig. 5). Bring the body
to an upright position, pulling the arms upward and backward until |
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the hands are again on a level with the hips. The movement is a little like that employed in rowing a boat, and the action may be greatly intensified by leaning well back at the end of each stroke, so that the body is on a line with the advanced |
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Lesson ill—Fig. 5. leg, and the weight is shifted from |
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