. Applied anatomy and kinesiology. Fr<;. 16.: Gymnastic Dancing.—Gymnastic dancing includes a great varietyof movements on the feet and involves leaping, poising, hoppingand bending. It brings into action the extensors of the ankles,knees, hips and spine strongly and the flexors of the limbs and GYMNASTIC MOVEMENTS 273 trunk moderately, with mild action of the arm-raising abductors of the hip-joints are strongly developed by theemphasis placed on poising and alighting on one Figs. 165 and 166. Fig. 166-Characteristic positions in gymnastic dancinf Prone Falling.—The prone
. Applied anatomy and kinesiology. Fr<;. 16.: Gymnastic Dancing.—Gymnastic dancing includes a great varietyof movements on the feet and involves leaping, poising, hoppingand bending. It brings into action the extensors of the ankles,knees, hips and spine strongly and the flexors of the limbs and GYMNASTIC MOVEMENTS 273 trunk moderately, with mild action of the arm-raising abductors of the hip-joints are strongly developed by theemphasis placed on poising and alighting on one Figs. 165 and 166. Fig. 166-Characteristic positions in gymnastic dancinf Prone Falling.—The prone fall (Swedish) or leaning rest (German)position, shown in Fig. 122, supports the body by the arms and toesin nearly horizontal position. The weight pulls down on the head,requiring action of the extensors of the upper spine to keep it inposition, and tends to make the body sag in the middle, requiringstrong action of the flexors of lumbar spine and hips and slightaction of the extensors of the knees. The action of the arms is thesame as in a typical exercise of pushing. Flexion and extension ofthe arms while [in [the position is strong work for the pushingnuisclcs, and is done most easily with the fingers pointing somewhatinward, which turns tlie (^Ibows out at right angk^s to t\\c trunk andIS 274 GYMNASTIC MOVEMENTS enables the whole pectoralis major to work (Fig. 153). The workcan be made easier when desired by allowing the knees to rest onthe floor or by placing the hands on an obje
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