The portable gymnasium : a manual of exercises, arranged for self instruction in the use of the portable gymnasium / by Fr. Gustav Ernst.

  • Ernst, Gustav.
Date:
1861]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The portable gymnasium : a manual of exercises, arranged for self instruction in the use of the portable gymnasium / by Fr. Gustav Ernst. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. UPPER EXERCISES. 1. SEMI-ROTATORY MOVEMENT, Fig. 8. The short staff having been previously attached to the two upper swivels for the accomplishment of this exercise, the pupil must be placed with the back to the pedestal, the head and shoulders coming in contact with it, and thus remaining during the whole exercise. The heels should be kept close together, the toes turned out, and the legs quite straight. The arms being fully extended over head, the staff must be grasped by both hands, and brought down in front of the body (the arms remaining perfectly stiff) as low as possible; this effected, the arms must be flexed, and the staff allowed gradually to ascend to its starting point, so as to be again in readiness to re-perform the movement, which very much resem- bles that of turning a fly-wheel.