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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY.
35
ABDOMEN, SHOULDERS, CHEST, BACK.
See Figs. 18 and 19.
Raise the hands high above the head as if to touch the ceiling, bend slightly backward to get an impulse for the swinging forward. Keep the arms extended and as you sway forward touch the hands to the floor (or try to) without bending the knees. Then bring the body up to position and as far back as you can without undue straining, swinging the arms up and back of the head.
Caution—Always bend the knees when going backward.
Fifty times; back and forth, counting one.
