. Tensing exercises. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. ABDOMEN, SHOULDERS, CHEST, HIPS. Sec Figs. 20 and 21. As you raise the right arm—fully extended—and swing it upover your head, bend your body as far to the left as possible(straight to the left) keeping both feet solidly upon the floor. Then swing the body as far as possible to the right, raisingthe left arm and lowering the right; keeping both feet solidlyupon the floor. Tense the arms. Twenty-five times; right and left counting SPALDINCxS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 39 ABDOMEN AND HIPS. Liver Squeezer. See Figs. 22 and 23. Stand perfectly erect. T
. Tensing exercises. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. ABDOMEN, SHOULDERS, CHEST, HIPS. Sec Figs. 20 and 21. As you raise the right arm—fully extended—and swing it upover your head, bend your body as far to the left as possible(straight to the left) keeping both feet solidly upon the floor. Then swing the body as far as possible to the right, raisingthe left arm and lowering the right; keeping both feet solidlyupon the floor. Tense the arms. Twenty-five times; right and left counting SPALDINCxS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 39 ABDOMEN AND HIPS. Liver Squeezer. See Figs. 22 and 23. Stand perfectly erect. Twist the body sloivly to the right andslowly to the left. Do not move the feet. This may be takenwith the arms akimbo until accustomed to the movement, thenthe arms may be tensed and swung right and left as thoughstriking at some one on each side as right or left is used. Fifteen times; right and left counting one. Note.—The three exercises just preceding are known through-out the land as my pet exercises. There are no series of move-ments better adapted for obtaining and retaining the supplenessof the waist muscles and for reducing or preventing excessiveflesh on the hips and abdomen. To be effectual, however, theymust be taken the full quota of times and with daily regularity.
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