. A manual of physical training and preparatory military instruction for schools of the United States; a modified Swiss system intended to provide for the strong common national defense of America. ard with knee bend-ing right and trunk lowering forward. 232 PHYSICAL TRAINING 2. (6) Leg raising left forward with knee bending right and trunk lowering backward. In side-stand forward with left foot on bar : Trunk lowering backward with (a) Arm bending to neck-rest position. (6) Arm raising forward upward. 3. In span-bend position with grasp on one bar(see exercise of 8 b^ p. 137). (a) Knee raisin


. A manual of physical training and preparatory military instruction for schools of the United States; a modified Swiss system intended to provide for the strong common national defense of America. ard with knee bend-ing right and trunk lowering forward. 232 PHYSICAL TRAINING 2. (6) Leg raising left forward with knee bending right and trunk lowering backward. In side-stand forward with left foot on bar : Trunk lowering backward with (a) Arm bending to neck-rest position. (6) Arm raising forward upward. 3. In span-bend position with grasp on one bar(see exercise of 8 b^ p. 137). (a) Knee raising left (high!).(6) Knee raising left ; leg stretching left for-ward. 4. In forward hang position on upper bar : Slowlower leg raising. 5. In backward hang position on upper bar : Rapid leg raisingand immediateslow lowering. 6. In side-stand back-ward with left footon bar (not higherthan knee high)and hands on hips : Fall-out right forwardwith trunk lowering forward (Fig. 95).In cross-stand^ 3-4 feet from apparatus^ leftside of body toward it : Arm raising side-ward-upward and leg raising right sidewardwith trunk lowering left sideward and graspingwith ulnar grasp (wide! lower arm stretched^. Fig. 95. SPAN-BEND POSITION 233 upper arm slightly bent) ; leg lowering right(repeat).8. From side-stand backward : Front-leaning-rest with feet on apparatus — traveling back-ward on hands with short jumps, and travelingwith feet to higher bars (short duration!). FOURTEENTH YEAR 1. In cross-stand with grasp of right hand onone bar : Deep knee bending ; leg stretchingleft forward to forward position (leg stretch-ing left sideward with placing foot on bench). 2. In side-stand forward with left foot on benchand arm bending forward : Trunk lowering backward ;arm stretching sideward (re-peat). 3. In span-bend position withgrasp on one bar (see exercise8 6, p. 137). (a) Knee raising left withheel raising right.(6) As in a, then leg stretch-ing left forward. 4. Span-bending in kneeling (Fig. -96


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