Resistance to climatic changes, to fatigue and strain and in general to provide a tonic hardness to the body and its muscles are Chief points stressed by Mr. Hans Wiener in presenting the toties of exercises. Tt would be sponsible to commence with these however, as they are only possible to do after the four soups previously described. Their excellence lies in the fact that all Darts of the body are ce-ordinated. No question of under-developed over-developed parts of the anatomy are possible when these exercises are' faithfully carried out, 1. Stretching. (a) Stand with feet apart, the front one having een slided forward. Clinch the "fists and in this position push the ady upwards with as much tensity "as possible, breathing in as you do this (See Hllustration 1.) Breathe out and Tet the entire body relax suddenly downwards s0 that the side of the back knee touches the foot. Do.not fall on the knee-cap. (Seo Mustration 2).
Then gradually come vp to the first position off the floor, by Teting Yenees, thighs, pelvis, hips, chest, niders, arma and fists, counting eight to make the movement suff-lendly prolonged. Then follow by {he sudden relaxation as above Do this six times slowly, followed by eight times as fast as you can.
(b). Next imagine that, you are Lifting a heavy weight from the floor. Every muscle rigid, start with bended knees and come "up, arms kept near the body until finally they flung high above the head with Sha Imaginary weight, Jumping. (a) Bend the knees four times, heels together and ka pointing outwards. on the. ground as long. asp when going down, this Doing extremely good for the heel and posterior leg: tendons, the former being often abnormally shor-Yened and stiffened by women! through the wearing of high heels.
(b) Life the body up. to full height on tip-toos, counting four you go up and four as you ome down again with—weight the whole foot, Aecent the seventh sunt. Than do this twice up and jie down accenting the third (c) Follow, by doing the above exercise and Instead of storping on the soles of the feet continue downwards with bended knee so that 'a sudden upward movement to tiptoe, the movement culminating in a heels remain on the ground. Take partial leap, Do this eight times and continue faster and fest-r until becomes jumping.
(a) Actual jumping comes next, the body to be kept straight and the breath to be exhaled on the down movement, inhalation being on the upward movement with light quick breaths. Db eight times.
(e) Next stand on one foot and itt the other, with knee bent and toes pointing down. Jump on the standing foot, eight times, alternate ing to the other foot for eight times. Then jump alternatively, commeneing with eight jumps, then four jumps with each foot, next two and finally one, changing as rapidly from one foot to another as you can in the jumping, 3. Running. Those are best done} around the garden but a large room will do almost as well.
(a) Start in the position sumed by fencers one leg thrust, back, foot pointing outwards ard the front leg hent at the knee and bearing most of the weight. Pull the body forwards and upwards through dragging forward the back leg. The front leg becomes the one stretched behind. Do this faster and faster until "a running movement with a big stop results, the Sketeh by Kobea
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