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Identifier: physicalculture201908macf (find matches)
Title: Physical culture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: MacFadden, Bernarr Aldolphus, 1858-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York : Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ach exercise, it is a good plan, as hasbeen previously suggested, to inhale adeep full breath, expanding in theabdominal region, thus at the sametime securing the beneficial results that accrue from abdominal breathing. Of course the principal benefit in thissystem of exercises lies in its convenience.If you are in the habit of sleeping in acold room, a few minutes exercise undercovers enables you to so thoroughlywarm the body that you are able toresist with comfort the influence of acomparatively cold atmosphere, and anair bath when taken with exercise of thiskind is of great benefit. It seems toquiet the nerves and assists in the generaldevelopment of vigor. The exercises presented in this serieswill be published in the form of a chart,which our friends can hang on a wallconveniently near the bed, and thushave them near at hand as a daily re-minder. These charts will be furnishedfor fifty cents each, or will be sent witha years subscription for ten cents abovethe subscription price.
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Photograph No. 18, Exercise No. 10—Lie flat on the back, with the elbows extendedoutward on a line with the shoulders. Now force the elbows downward as much as possibleand raise the central portion of the body as high as you possibly can. Resume former positionand continue exercise until tired. Especially beneficial for developing the muscles in betweenthe shoulders and the back. These are the muscles that require development when one isinclined to be round-shouldered. Classic Forms of Dancing By Mrs. Lou Wall Moore THE DANCES OF THE GREEKS AND OTHER ANCIENTPEOPLES OCCUPY AN IMPORTANT POSITION INPHYSICAL CULTURE, HYGIENE AND MODERN ART, The author of this article is not only an admirer of classic forms of dancing, but is one ofthe leading exponents of the performance of the higher form of terpsichorean art. Mrs. Mooredoes not follow in the track of the conventional theatrical danseuse, but confines her exhibi-tions to reproductions of the classic forms of dancing of which she is suc

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