Gymnastics and rope climbing . ody nmst as near aspossible be retained, as thegymnast must carry thebody forward and downward and the legs backward, grasping thebar very firmly with the hands, and putting the whole of the musclesinto full play, to enable him to lower himself gradually withoutbending the arms, and on no account is the required position to beassumed with a jerk (see Fig. 23), as it is to be done by the full use ofthe wrists and the muscles of the arms, the spine being exercised iukeeping the body horizontally. The Front Horizontal. Spinal and muscle practice.—This exer-cise is b
Gymnastics and rope climbing . ody nmst as near aspossible be retained, as thegymnast must carry thebody forward and downward and the legs backward, grasping thebar very firmly with the hands, and putting the whole of the musclesinto full play, to enable him to lower himself gradually withoutbending the arms, and on no account is the required position to beassumed with a jerk (see Fig. 23), as it is to be done by the full use ofthe wrists and the muscles of the arms, the spine being exercised iukeeping the body horizontally. The Front Horizontal. Spinal and muscle practice.—This exer-cise is better achieved on the rings, but it can nevertheless be doneby raising the legs well up in front and carrying them above the straight upright with the body; then, keeping the armsstraight and the body also in the same position, lower it graduallyuntil it assumes the position required (Fig. 24). This will be found tobe a little more difficult to carry into effect than the Back Horizon-tal, but persevere and u dtMNASTrd^. • The Gkasshopper. Wrist, arm, and muscle practice.—This is avery difficult exercise, especially to beginners. As in this exercisethe whole of the weight ot the body will be upon the wrists, it needbe done the first time with care. Either circle the bar and sit on it, but changing the position of thehands on going over, and, when the body is falling forward, whichmust be very gradual, allow it to sink until the arms are nearly bentdouble, when the bar will be touching the middle of the back. Graspthe bar firmly, and let the fore-arms be as upright as possible; the FlQ. S4
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