Syllabus of physical exercises for schools . - is inclined and kept in line with the straightleg. (Sec Figs. 31, T,2.) This entails a bending of the trunk, and,as this bending is the predominant effect of the exercise, it is per-haps better to consider this exercise as a Trunk bending sidewaysrather than as a leg movement Commands: Left foot sidkways ix luxge positiox—[—place. 2.—TRUNK BEXDIXG BACKWARD AXD FORWARD. (i) TruiiJi Bending Backzvard. In this movement the chest is first raised and the upper partof the si)ine is then bent backward. The head makes but littleseparate moveme
Syllabus of physical exercises for schools . - is inclined and kept in line with the straightleg. (Sec Figs. 31, T,2.) This entails a bending of the trunk, and,as this bending is the predominant effect of the exercise, it is per-haps better to consider this exercise as a Trunk bending sidewaysrather than as a leg movement Commands: Left foot sidkways ix luxge positiox—[—place. 2.—TRUNK BEXDIXG BACKWARD AXD FORWARD. (i) TruiiJi Bending Backzvard. In this movement the chest is first raised and the upper partof the si)ine is then bent backward. The head makes but littleseparate movement, and is carried backward with the bodv. Thebending should at first be only slight, but it may be graduallysomewhat increased as the exercise becomes familiar. It mustbe clearly understood that the body should not be bent backwardfrom the ziciisf. The breath must not be held during this exercise.(See Figs. 33, 34.). Commands: Trunk backward— upward—stretch. [Coinnwn faults: Bending the knees. Carr\ing the head for-ward or l)ackward. Bending the lower part ofthe spine. Holding the breath.]
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