Take Exercises In Easy Doses
While speaking with Eleanor Powell, who dances so beautifully on the screen, and stage, we got to talking about strained muscles. Miss Powell warns women and girls who have not exercised much, to avoid straining their bodies from too violent exercising. She cited several cases where girls have suffered from a too strenuous reducing schedule.
How To Judge When
To Exercise.
who wishes to
To
Avoid Strain
If you are one exercise for beauty, and if you Powell in the top pose. This lim- have not limbered recently, you bers your spine and it will be dif- must do so before adopting any ficult to do quickly and easily at exercise schedule.
first. But keep practicing and when you have mastered it take the next step.
Lie on the floor on your back. Raise the upper part of your body to a sitting position without any Lie on your back on the floor, assistance and bend forward to as you did in the first movement, grasp your ankles with your and raise your body without any hands. Then pull down your head assistance and touch your head to until it touches the calves of your your legs WITHOUT GRASPING legs as illustrated by Eleanor YOUR ANKLES. Swing your
Pose one of Spine Stretcher:
ELEANOR
POWELL
raises herself from a prone floor position and touches her legs with her head by pulling on her ankles.
Pose two:. When the body becomes, pilable, this movement can be done without the aid of the ankles. Mies Powell through the routine daily.
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arms up in back of your body as your head lowers. If you can do this with ease, as does Eleanor in the second pose, your spine and leg muscles are limber enough to start an exercise schedule. Do not bend your knees' in either exercise.
You will find that you are pretty stiff and it might take ten days or two weeks of practice te master both of these movements.
Excellent For Weak Spine
Those of you who have been complaining of spine aches could have no better movements to prac- tice than these two. But DO NOT STRAIN YOURSELF--master the exercise in easy stages.
It's time you Battened your tummy also-no girl can, 'be an outdoor beauty if her stomach is flabby and pronounced. She must. have good posture and a 'flat ab- domen to not be self-conscious in brief summer clothing.
recom-
A famous beautician mends the following movements to streamline your figure and make you the envy of your more indifferent sisters!
Top right-To keep her figure beautifully streamlined PENNY 'SINGLETON does this knee bend several times daily.
Bottom-Dubbed "The Salaam" this exercise keeps abdomen muscles under control. Penny Singleton shows you how to do it.
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chest. Now roll knees from chest to left side, continue by extend- ing legs downward. Bring knees up to chest. Roll knees to right side, continue downward. Repeat first left, then right, six times. Relax.
Daily Routine 1-Lie on back. Arms at sides. Pull both knees straight back to chest. Kick legs out in front of body. At the same time come to To these three exercises Penny sitting up position with legs ex- Singleton of the screen would like tended, knees straight. Swing to add a couple which she found arms as far forward as possible. particularly efficacious, One is Repeat five times. Rest. Repeat the "knee-bender," and the other five times. Relax.
is the "salaam."
2-Lie down facing the floor. Put weight of body on hands and arms, stretch legs out keeping knees straight. Keep head up. Lower hips and abdomen to floor. Raise them. Repeat ten times, rest between.
Knee-Bender
The Salaam Stand erectly in good posture. Stretch left leg out as far as you. can in front of body. you slowly bend right knee until Then as
it touches the floor, swing both arms up in back of body forcing your head down until it touches your outstretched leg. This must be done slowly, Relax. Then re- verse leg movement.
Make it a habit to be aware of your posture at all times. Master control of your abdomen muscles so you can actually pull your Stand erectly in good posture, stomach in and up. This con- feet together. Place your hands scious movement tucks in your in back of your head and keeping buttocks and straightens your your spine erect, slowly bend your shoulders, so all you have to do 3-Lie on back. arms out to knees until you are almost sitting then is to throw back your head side. Keep shoulders flat on the on your heels. Then slowly rise. proudly and you are in very at- floor. Pull both knees back to Reiax. Repeat ten times.
tractive posturel
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