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SYSTEMATIC PHYSICAL TRAINING 503 |
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Exercise 3
Lie on the stomach, with the weight of the upper part of the body resting on the elbows, as in Figure 3. Raise the |
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Lesson V—Fig. 2. Lesson V—Fig. 3. |
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legs alternately as high as possible. Make twenty-five movements with each leg.
Exercise 4
Lie on the stomach, as in Figure 4, the muscles held rigid, forehead touching the bells; then bend the knee, and throw the leg as far upward and backward toward the body as possible, |
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Lesson V—Fig. 4. Lesson V—Fig. 5. |
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at the same time raising the head and shoulders as far as possible without lifting the elbows from the floor; use the legs alternately, and make the movement from thirty to fifty times.
Exercise 5
Lie on the stomach, at full length, with the arms bent at the elbows, and the bells held close to the sides; raise the chest and legs from the floor simultaneously, as far as possible (Fig. 5). Repeat fifteen to twenty times. |
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