Gymnastics and rope climbing . GTIVINASTICS. 45 Another method of doing it is to grasp the bar, and, springing up,carry the legs and body over the second, and giving the spring withthe arms directly, go over the other without any apparant pause;this would be the more easily done were the gymnast to raise hislegs well up in carrying them over, which, with the after spring,would after a little practice enable it to be done without touching, orat least but very little, the other bar. The whole of the body must pass freel y between the bars and overthe second, and on no account is any part of it t
Gymnastics and rope climbing . GTIVINASTICS. 45 Another method of doing it is to grasp the bar, and, springing up,carry the legs and body over the second, and giving the spring withthe arms directly, go over the other without any apparant pause;this would be the more easily done were the gymnast to raise hislegs well up in carrying them over, which, with the after spring,would after a little practice enable it to be done without touching, orat least but very little, the other bar. The whole of the body must pass freel y between the bars and overthe second, and on no account is any part of it to be turned on oneside while achieving this exercise, which causes the spine to bendfreely, but many a young gymnast abandons it, owing to that actiongiving him some reason to think it hurts him; yet, after having. done it three or four times, it will not be found to be so difficult, andtherefore he will be able to do it with ease to his back and satisfac-tion to himself. To Eoiiij OVER THE Baes. Spine practice.—>iit on one of the barswith both legs on the outside, and grasp that bar with both hands,one on either side of you, with the knuckles uppermost, then leanback on the other bar and rest the back of the neck on it, when bringthe legs over the bar on which your neck rests, thereby causing thebody to rise with them, as in Fig. 38, and by letting go your handswhen the whole body is nearlv over the second bar, you will alightsafely on your feet. This exercise must be done tolerably quick, otherwise your legswill not be forward enough to fall when you let go your hands, and 46 GYMNASTICS. th© consequences may be somewhat disagreeable, though it is a veryneat exercise if performed with agility and without fear. The Sausage. Spine practice.—iSlount between the bars about themiddle, with t
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