An elementary physiology and hygiene for use in upper grammar grades . thout any super-vision; the pupil who practices them regu-larly, night and morning, will certainly finda gain in his strength and in muscle i.—Stand erect, heels together,toes out, hands down at side. Draw a deepbreath slowly, and at the same time raise thearms slowly from the sides until the palmsnearly meet over the head, as shown in Fig-ure 99. Lower the arms gradually, exhalingslowly. Repeat each of these exercises abouteight times. Exercise 2.—Stretch thearms straight out in frontof the body, palms fac
An elementary physiology and hygiene for use in upper grammar grades . thout any super-vision; the pupil who practices them regu-larly, night and morning, will certainly finda gain in his strength and in muscle i.—Stand erect, heels together,toes out, hands down at side. Draw a deepbreath slowly, and at the same time raise thearms slowly from the sides until the palmsnearly meet over the head, as shown in Fig-ure 99. Lower the arms gradually, exhalingslowly. Repeat each of these exercises abouteight times. Exercise 2.—Stretch thearms straight out in frontof the body, palms the arms in a hor-izontal position (see ), move them slowly backward,and see how near you can come tobringing the hands together at theback, without bending or loweringthe arms. Inhale and exhale asbefore. Exercise 3.—Arms straight out infront, palms down. Raise the armsslowly over the head, then as far back as possible, 1 The illustrations used in this chapter are taken from the samebook. Published by Silver, Burdett & Company. Fig. Fig. 100. 324 PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE down, and to original position, making in this way asort of crooked circle in the air with the hands. In-hale slowly as the arms are raised, and exhale as theyare lowered. To vary these exercises from time to time, instead ofexhaling as the arms descend, hold the breath untilthe arms are in their original position. Then exhalevery slowly. WALKING Having learned to stand correctly, and to breathedeeply, we must next learn how to walk in such a wayas to make the best possible use of our muscles, andgain strength and endurance. Probably a majority of people rest their weight asthey step more on the heel than on the forward partof the foot. This is not right. As each foot touchesthe ground the weight should be thrown upon the ballof the foot, and as it leaves the ground pressure shouldbe exerted upon the same part and upon the toes. Thiswill carry the body forward easily, and the moveme
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