This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... trunk bending backward with arm bending to neck-rest position (4 parts). (d) Arm raising backward; trunk stooping forward with change to upward position of arms (through downward posi- tion) (4 parts). (e) Arm raising sideward; trunk turning left with arm bending forward (4 parts). 22. Arm raising backward; trunk stooping forward with change to upward position of arms (through downward position); arm swinging to backward and immediately again to up- ward position (repeat). C. EXERCISES ON APPARATUS The rest and suspension (hang) can be executed with stretched or with bent arms, as can the swinging. Where, in an exercise, we speak of rest, and of hang, it is always understood rest and hang with stretched arms. The same applies to swinging forward and backward; fore and rear swinging means swinging with stretched (extended) arms. On the parallel-bars swinging, with a few exceptions, always begins from the cross-standing position. Climbing Poles Tenth Year Inclined Poles The grasping or clinching of the poles with the legs is called the climbing-clinch. Climbing-clinch left indicates that the left foot is in front of the pole and of the right foot (and the reverse). The hold of the hands on poles we call the grasp. In climbing the hands move either hand after hand or both hands move simultaneously. 1 Ki 22- Starting position: Toe stand with arm oblique backward and eyes upward. 1. Hanging on two poles (repeat); also with inter-jump. 2. With grasp in head height: Jump to benthang on one pole with climbing-clinch left (Fig. 22) (repeat). 3. From bent-hang on one pole with climbingclinch left: Inter-jump (without releasing grasp) to same hang position with climbingclinch right (repeat). 4. Climbing on one pole with either climbingclinch and...