. Tensing exercises. igh enough for thefeet to escape the floor. Ejctend the arms down by your the arms and legs. Close and open the hands as inexercises Nos. 10 and 11. As you close the hands with a firmgrip, draw the ball of the foot firmly toward your body (heelspressed forward). As you open the hands and extend the fin-gers, press the ball of the foot firmly forward (the heels towardthe body). Do not raise or lower the legs. Twentv-five times. 6 .::|il^^H|:l 47 j SPALDINGS ATHLETia LIBRARY. ABDOMEN, SIDES, BACK, SHOULDERS. See Fi^s. 65 and 66. Sit on the fioor, body erect
. Tensing exercises. igh enough for thefeet to escape the floor. Ejctend the arms down by your the arms and legs. Close and open the hands as inexercises Nos. 10 and 11. As you close the hands with a firmgrip, draw the ball of the foot firmly toward your body (heelspressed forward). As you open the hands and extend the fin-gers, press the ball of the foot firmly forward (the heels towardthe body). Do not raise or lower the legs. Twentv-five times. 6 .::|il^^H|:l 47 j SPALDINGS ATHLETia LIBRARY. ABDOMEN, SIDES, BACK, SHOULDERS. See Fi^s. 65 and 66. Sit on the fioor, body erect. Hold a rod or stick in the hands;knuckles up. Work the body right and left, as when paddling a canoe witha single oar. Carry each movement to the extreme turningpoint, the face following the movements of the hands. Endeavorto look directly to the rear, forcing the leading hand (the lowerone) as far as possible. Do not allow the legs to move. Thisis an excellent exercise for the liver and kidneys. Twentv-five I SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 87 ABDOMEN AND THIGHS. Sec fig. 6/. Lie on the right side, supporting the head with the hand, iheother hand on the hip. Raise the left leg as far as possible. Keep the leg perfectlystraight as you tense it and carry it as far forward and as farbackward as possible. Point the foot downward. Endeavor tomove the leg horizontally. Turn over and repeat the exercise with the right leg. Twenty-five times; each leg. 88 SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. A CHAPTER FROM A BUSY LIFE. Written for Health Culture, 151 West Twenty-third Street,New Dear Mr. Junier: About once a >ear I get around to make my bow to the readersof Health Culture, to let them know that I am neither dead norsleepeth, but, instead, as the years go by, my enthusiasm for per-fect health and manly strength keeps ever apace with the times. As figures do not lie (except in election returns), I trustthat the following comparative table will prove to your manyreaders that the
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