Gymnastics and rope climbing . on the other bar, thereby bringing the body straight as before, butwith the face looking a different way. The Barbebs Cuel. Muscle and spine practice.—Hta,nd betweenthe bars, and grasp them with the knuckles uppermost and thethumb on the same side as the lingers, then sinking down, straightenthe knees into a sitting posture, as in tlie next exercise. Now bring. the legs gradually over between the arms (Fig. 32), till they performa circle, or until they come nearly down to the ground (Fig. 33),and after staying in that position for a short time, carry theu). i:>
Gymnastics and rope climbing . on the other bar, thereby bringing the body straight as before, butwith the face looking a different way. The Barbebs Cuel. Muscle and spine practice.—Hta,nd betweenthe bars, and grasp them with the knuckles uppermost and thethumb on the same side as the lingers, then sinking down, straightenthe knees into a sitting posture, as in tlie next exercise. Now bring. the legs gradually over between the arms (Fig. 32), till they performa circle, or until they come nearly down to the ground (Fig. 33),and after staying in that position for a short time, carry theu). i:>»*^ GYMNASTIdS. 41 Fig. 3 2 again quite as slow as you brought them over. The knees must bekept perfectly straight, and the feet kept off the ground the whole ofthe time. Though this is difficult to beginners and makes the armsache, it is nevertheless easily performed after a little practice. To KisE AND Fall Below the Baes, or the Letter L. Musclepractice.—Hang from the bars as in the last exercise, and in carrying the legs out in front bendthem only at the hips,and raising them up hor-izontally they will, withthe body, assume theshape of a letter L, fromwhich the exercise takesits name. Now, whilein this position, gradu-ally pull the body up bybending the arms at theelbows and shoulders un-til the upper part of thearms are parallel withthe bars, as in Fig. 34,then, after having
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