Graded calisthenic and dumb bell drills (1916) (14589846047)

Identifier: gradedcalistheni02wege (find matches)
Title: Graded calisthenic and dumb bell drills
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Wegener, Albert Benjamin, 1869- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Calisthenics
Publisher: New York, American sports publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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des, thevariety of the Germans, and the enthusiasm of the Americans.Necessarily, it is not a complete system of physical education,but only a factor. The great value of the much-used resistance exercises areduly appreciated, but these find little or no place in mass classdrill. The following drill is not only progressive but elastic; it tells thewhole story at a glance and yet is resourceful. If a set drill is desired,accompanied by music or for exhibition purposes, it is there, andrequires but a few moments of the directors time to collect.But It is now conceded that the best plan for everyday use ismovement by command. There is an important feature that finds no type in this drill,but which no director can afford to miss, namely, breathing exer-cises. Yet this is left to the common sense of the director. Totell a man when and how to breathe is much like telling himwhen and how to let his heart beat. This one advice: Let theclass perform breathing exercises often, with or without arm
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FIG. 3. STRIDE-STAND. FIG. 4. STOOP-STAND. I Spaldings Athletic Library. g movements or percussion of chest or muscles previously exer-cised. Experience has proved the value of this. This is not a complete system for all muscles of the body.For example, there are no special movements for the musclesof the forearm, such as finger grip and extension, wrist shake,etc. If it is desired these may be introduced in connectionwith thrusts or any combination which includes arm move-ments. The same may be said of forearm flexion. If one uses thisdrill alone and wishes work for all muscles, he may includethem, but since the primary purpose of this drill is to use it inconnection with other gymnastic apparatus, it will be readilyseen that these muscles are largely used in such apparatus workand receive their best development in that connection. Concerning the Order of Giving the Movements in Class. This is a subject well worth careful consideration. The Swedeshave developed a scheme called days o