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Show HEALTH j AR TIE M 'GOVERN 'Overhead' Exercises Kenrh All Muscles Many of my patrons who recognize recog-nize the value of systematic exercise exer-cise will perform it faithfully, but nothing can make them really like to do it. They often ask me to give them exercises that will bring the best results with the least effort. ef-fort. Probably many of my readers read-ers are like that, too. They know they need exercise but are not enthusiastic en-thusiastic about it and would find an abbreviated routine most helpful. help-ful. For the benefit of those people, I would like to suggest one or two of my "overhead" exercises. They are without question the best possible pos-sible combination of movements for reaching every muscle of the body. The abdominal muscles, the internal organs, spine, neck, and back muscles are all given a workout. work-out. However, I want to caution you that these movements are more strenuous than my regular "daily dozen" and consequently should not be performed by anyone any-one who is not in excellent physical phy-sical condition. From a position flat on your back, swing the legs up over head, trying to touch the floor back of the head with the toes. This brings the hips upward and the hands should be placed firmly under the hips with the elbows against the floor to act as a brace. After assuming this position, bend the knees so that they are near the shoulders and then kick both legs up and down. Each time the knees return to the starting position posi-tion they should be brought as near the shoulders as possible. Repeat the movement six times, and then go on to the next exercise exer-cise which is similar except that the feet are kicked alternately, first left, then right, and repeat six times. |