Gymnastics and rope climbing . it with the hands re-versed, thereby bringing thefingers towards him. To Rise above the the Bar. Ai-m andmuscle practice. — Grasp thebar with the arms across,and, without letting the bodyturn either to the right or tothe left, according to whichever arm is underneath, circle the baras in a former exercise; but it will be found to be a little more diffi-cult to achieve, yet a little perseverance will enable it to be soonerovercome. To Rise above the Bar. Circling the Bar. Spine, arm andmuscle practice.—Gr&sp the bar with the arms across, and proceed t
Gymnastics and rope climbing . it with the hands re-versed, thereby bringing thefingers towards him. To Rise above the the Bar. Ai-m andmuscle practice. — Grasp thebar with the arms across,and, without letting the bodyturn either to the right or tothe left, according to whichever arm is underneath, circle the baras in a former exercise; but it will be found to be a little more diffi-cult to achieve, yet a little perseverance will enable it to be soonerovercome. To Rise above the Bar. Circling the Bar. Spine, arm andmuscle practice.—Gr&sp the bar with the arms across, and proceed tocircle it as before, but in so doing the body is to be carried up per-fectly straight, and on no account is it to be allowed to slide offside-ways on to the bar. The chief obstacle that presents itself in thisexercise is the pressing of the elbows against the stomach on bring-ing the body up, by which it will be seen that this method of circlingthe bar is very difficult, even to a skillful gymnast, until he has prac-. GYMNASTICS. 27 ticed it a few times; yet, with a little patience and perseverance, it i,sto be accomplislied. To Sit on the Bar. The Plymouth. Spine practice; Slow Move-ment—Bring the legs through, and in carrying them over the barlet them be a little bent, then, bending the body well back, and turn-ing the head back as far as possible, i. e., the face towards theground, and the farther you look along the ground the better,whereby the body is the better kept in that position, and which en-ables the exercise to be more easily done, raise the body up bythe aid of your arms; then, when the X^jq, 17. bar is a little over the seat (Fig. 17),by bending the legs more over it,which acts as a sort of leverage to thebody, you will be enabled to bring itover and assume a sitting posture. Butyour own judgment must be used asto the best time to do so, for, when thebar touches the center of the back,the arms must do the remainder of thework, but do not pull yourself too
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