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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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s performed rapidly, the main thing being togive the body the benefit of the full bend. Back muscles are the principal beneficia-ries of this exercise, yet the abdominal musclesare not slighted, and even the thighs comein for a moderate share of help. The com-posite benefit to the student is that thismovement enables him to carry himself moreeasily and with the weight of his body welldistributed. After halting the exercise on thefifth or sixth morning the man who is doingit well is rather conscious of the fact that heis standing both comfortably and well. At the beginning of the bend exhale thebreath. Inhale deeply on returning to erectposition. This may, at first thought, appearto be a reversal of the usual breathing methodin these movements. The reason for exhalingduring the bend and inhaling while return-ing is that the lungs are then filled for thenext bend, which is the harder half of themovement. When he has mastered the three exercisesjust described the student may do well, for
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Fig. 9—Full Trunk Bend Forward. 8i Further Work and its Analysis 83 the next three or four days, to keep to whathe has already learned, making sure that ineach bout he goes through the work betterthan he did in the previous bout. Whilemaking the movements, and while restingbetween them, the habit of analysis should becultivated. It is not at all difficult to findout exactly why a given exercise is *good.The more one tries to discover the underlyingreasons for each movement the more interesthe will take in his drills and the greater thebenefit he will derive from them. Anotherhabit to be cultivated is that of enjoyment.Physical exercise performed in a routinemanner and with only duty as the impulseis never as valuable as that which is done forthe sheer joy of doing it. Joy is as priceless inthe gymnasium, or in ones chamber, as it isin purely mental work. When the body is refreshed by a period ofvigorous breathing, with all the muscles inplay and the blood surging through the ar-teri

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