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:
1887
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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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    4. BENDING OF THE HEAD ALTERNATELY EITHER FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS, OR TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT. Head fobwaeds and backwaeds : Bend ! Head to the bight and left : Bend ! These movements of the head are done first towards one, and then, without the intermediate order of Stbetch, to the opposite direction. 5. BENDING OF THE HEAD WHILE IT IS TURNED TO ONE SIDE. (Fig. XVII.) Head left (or right): Tubn ! Fobwaeds bend ! Stbetch ! Backwaeds bend ! Stbetch ! 6. TURNING OF THE HEAD WHILE IT IS BENT. (Fig. XVIII.) Head to the right (or left): Bend! Head to the right: Turn ! Head to the left: Turn ! Head backwards : Bend! Head to the left (right): Turn! MOVEMENTS OF THE EYES. These movements are done in slow time. All standing positions are used as commencing positions. The words of command are :— 1. Eyes: to the right. 2. To the left. 3. To the right, and up. 4. To the left, and down. 5. To the front.