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Show 'Go After That 'Wasp Waist' With Exercises-Not Corsets . By ALICIA BAST While corset designers have been busily creating creat-ing foundation garments to make the waistline appear much smaller than it actually Is, beauty experts have been Just as busy creating exercises to make the waistline so smsll that new corsets will not have to be laced so tightly as to interfere inter-fere with normal breathing. In other words, salons of body sculpture and various health farms advise us to achieve natural figure which will conform to the new Mainbocher silhouette. And then, if we like, to dramatize further our new, but natural, figure by wearing one of the widely-touted, laced corsets. cor-sets. They are opposed, to lacing a thick waistline waist-line into a boned corset Slim down your waistline waist-line first. Is their idea, then wear a corset only if you want to. To slenderize the waistline, here are some exercises recommended by a well-known expert: ' "Do the foundation' exercise first," he advises. ad-vises. "Lie flat on your back with hands (palms ' down) at sides. Keeping knees rigid, slowly raise legs until they are perpendicular to your body. Lower just as slowly. Repeat ten times." After the "foundation" exercises, repeat this . routine ten times: If you do not have a wheel which you can nail to the wall of your garage or playroom, plant an imaginary wheel on the wall and, pretending pre-tending to grasp the spokes with outstretched arms, roll the body to the left until you can feel a decided pull through the midriff. Reverse, rolling to the right as far as possible. Now stand erect with feet slightly apart Raise the right leg backward, keeping knee straight head up, arms outstretched in the direction of the leg. Return to position.. Repeat stretching left leg backward, keeping head up, knee straight Also' to strengthen sagging waistline muscles, mus-cles, stand sgainst a wall before an open window, inhale deeply, raising hands behind head and contracting abdominal muscles. Hold your breath as long as possible, then exhale slowly, lowering arms to sides. Repeat 20 times. . Finally, lie on your back on the floor with arms outstretched at shoulder level. Raise legs, keeping knees rigid and hips in place, then let legs fall slowly to the right then to the left 'Alternate this movement 30 times. s I maniaawww 1 "I" WW W WiiWWWWini i , iim,i n I mill 1 1 i iin v ..v . ; - . ' ' "jgggaBajs-" . ' y jjj :: 1 A ! The "tilheueffer" streamlines dipt at wel at waistline. If necessary, this may be done with the aid of a chair. Insert at right shows the 'wstpws'utsr." This exercise stretches inches off the waistline. waist-line. It may be done with an imaginary wheel. |