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Title: Physical training for business men; basic rules and simple exercises for gaining assured control of the physical self
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Hancock, Harrie Irving, 1868-1922
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York and London, G.P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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d importantnecessity of the living body, so correctbreathing during every hour of the twenty- Breathing for Form and Energy 41 four is the first essential of good bodilycarriage, of freedom from fatigue, and ofalert, bright eyes. Until the art of breathingis mastered little else will help. CHAPTER IV THE FIRST SET OF EXERCISES UNDOUBTEDLY most readers will haveturned to this and the succeedingchapters before giving careful heed to theadvice offered in the preceding chapter.That is because it is wholly human andnatural to feel that exercise is the wholething. He who ponders well on what hasbeen said of breathing will be quick to under-stand that physical drills cannot be carriedthrough in the most advantageous way untilthe lungs have been taught to do their fullamount of work. Let us suppose, however, that the studenthas risen and dressed himself for exercise.He proceeds to an open window and breathesdeeply and fully for two or three minutes.Next, he performs some or all of the foot 42
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Fig. I—Quarter and Half Bends. 43 The First Set of Exercises 45 drills described in Chapter II. A brief periodof breathing should again follow, with es-pecial attention to the suggestions for in-creasing chest expansion. Now, he is wellwaked up, keen-eyed, and alert and withlungs full of the mornings pure air. He isready for the simple exercise illustrated byFigure Number One. This is a combination of the quarter andhalf bends. Standing erect, with hands athis sides, heels nearly touching, and his feetturned out at an angle of about forty-fivedegrees from each other, the student firstplaces his hands on his hips. The quarterbend is executed by bringing the head downto the first forward position shown in thephotograph. A slight but perceptible pauseis made, after which the bend is continued tothe half, the position being indicated in thephotograph by the lowest position in whichthe head is shown. At this culmination ofthe downward movement there should beanother slight pause, after w

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