Gymnastic exercises, without apparatus, according to Ling's system, for the due development and strengthening of the human body / by Mathias Roth.

  • Roth, Mathias, 1839-1891.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Gymnastic exercises, without apparatus, according to Ling's system, for the due development and strengthening of the human body / by Mathias Roth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. XI. Stretch Right Balancing Position. Hips : Firm ! (Fig. XII.) The forearms are smartly raised, and the palms of the hands placed firmly on the hips, with the thumbs back- wards ; the forefinger on the edge of the hip-bone, the elbows in a line with the body, and the shoulders are kept down and backwards. This position serves as a support to the body, and enables us to retain with more ease the upright position, while various exercises of the legs and of the trunk are executed, or when balancing and other difficult positions are chosen. o 2