Physical training for business men; basic rules and simple exercises for gaining assured control of the physical self (1917) (14781817181)

Identifier: physicaltraining01hanc (find matches)
Title: Physical training for business men; basic rules and simple exercises for gaining assured control of the physical self
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Hancock, Harrie Irving, 1868-1922
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York and London, G.P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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back and resting iton the toes, as depicted. Then the other legis extended, the foot resting in the same waybeside its mate. Now, with a spring, the leftfoot is brought forward, as shown in theillustration. Then it is thrown back besideits mate, and it is the right foots turn to takea trip forward in similar fashion. This isrepeated, in alternation, until each leg hasbeen through the movement about ten times. Should it be found, as occasionally is ob-served, that one leg behaves much betterthan the other, the principle of alternationmay be broken every now and then, andmore than half of the work given to the lessnimble leg. As soon as both limbs respondequally well the principle of alternation is tobe taken up and continued. Breathing is atall times to be natural and easy. All three of the exercises so far suggestedin this chapter may be mastered, in principle,within five minutes. They are worthy,however, of being studied carefully throughseveral bouts, for, while the theory is easily
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? 5z;o (A w H w o w Q < wu D OPfj O o t-H Stimulant Exercises 145 obtained, skill, grace, and rhythm of move-ment do not come immediately. Thereshould be no attempt at learning further workuntil the trio just described can be performedwell every time that they are undertaken. With twenty-one exercises, in addition tothe two forms of deep breathing and thefoot-work, the student has now a ratherformidable lot of work to go through infifteen or twenty minutes. At the outset hewould not be able to accomplish so much,but with practice come sureness and agility,and also freedom from aching muscles. Muchmay be done in fifteen minutes or a slightlylonger period. From the beginning, and aslong as these exercises are continued, thecardinal principle should be established thatthe work is not to be done with such brisk-ness or with so little pause between exercisesthat the lungs and heart are overtaxed.When the student finds himself beginning topant he will know that the signal has beenhoisted