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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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displayed in detail in Figure NumberTwelve. From a position of standing witharms at the sides, the arms are raised shoulderhigh. The shoulders are briskly rolled back-ward and forward by means of making thefists move in circles about a foot in diameter.The photograph explains the idea exactly.It is done with plenty of vim, but trunk andhead should be held erect, though at easeand without straining. There is a naturaltendency with beginners in this movementto incline head and trunk backward, butthis must be overcome. Throughout thebody must be held in position, yet so easilythat the arms and shoulders do all the work.Fifteen seconds is at first long enough tocontinue the movement, which, after somedeep breathing, may be repeated. Latertwenty seconds, and finally half a minute,may be given to each of the two bouts. When well performed, in addition to beingan excellent shoulder exercise, this movementprovides much accelerated circulation in theparts employed. It is a wholly satisfactory
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Fig. 12—Shoulder and Arm Rolling. 97 Further Work and its Analysis 99 warmer-up, for which reason it may oftenbe well used at the commencement of amorning bout of exercise in a well ventilatedand chilly room. It is also excellent workwith which to close the drill period in themorning, though hardly one to be used tooclose to bedtime on account of its tendencyto stimulate excessively through its heavyincreawSe in the circulation of blood to andfrom the head. In the beginning it will be enough toacquire the technique of the movement.Afterwards it will be well to make a consciouseffort, in moving the shoulders, to get them^as far backward and forward in rolling as canbe managed. In the more exaggerated form itwill not be well to continue the exercise too long.As the movement ceases breathe deeply, butwhile going through the drill breathe natur-ally. A variant of this movement is to gothrough with it more slowly, but with con-sciously greater muscular effort, inhaling asthe shoulders ar

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