Personal hygiene and physical training for womenGalbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
Science
Personal hygiene and physical training for women
Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
Physical education and training; Women -- Health and hygiene
SYMMETRIC DEVELOPMENT: GOOD CARRIAGE AND GRACE OF MOTION THROUGH
GYMNASTICS AND ATHLETICS
Gymnasiums, Baths, and Athletic Association: a Fundamental
Part of a Woman’s College and a Model Woman’s Club; the Vassar
College Gymnasium; the Standardized Percentage Table for Physical
Efficiency; Special Medical Blank for Women; Self-made Good
Physique through Physical Training; Rules for Taking Exercise;
Gymnastic Dress; the Configuration of the Foot; Correct Attitude in
Standing.
Corrective Exercises: Exercises for Developing the Various Regions
of the Body; Shoulder-blade Exercises; Respiratory Exercises;
Exercise for Forward Projection of Chest and Retraction of Abdomen;
Shoulder and Back Exercises; Leg Exercises; Squatting Exercises
for Muscles of Spine and Abdomen; Alternate Kneeling; Abdominal
Exercises; Balancing Exercises for Poise and Carriage; Balancing
Exercises for Extending Depth of Chest; Lateral Trunk and Waist
Exercises; Exercises for Muscles of Back; Exercises for Muscles of
Abdomen; Swimming Exercises, for Back, Thighs, and Abdomen; Rope
Pulling-exercises for Back, Chest, Waist, Legs, and Arms; Exercises
in Trunk Flexions for Back, Abdomen, and Legs; Exercises with Chest
Weights for Chest, Shoulders, and Arms; Boxing and Fencing; Classic
and Esthetic Dancing an Essential Feature in Physical Training;
Figures of the Dance with Some Simple Exercises.
Outdoor Exercises: Effect of Walking on the Heart and Lungs;
Running; Mountain Climbing; Swimming; Horseback Riding as an
Exercise; Rowing.
Athletic Sports: Croquet; Lawn-tennis; Golf; Hockey; Basket-ball.
=Gymnasiums, Baths, and Athletic Associations a Fundamental Part of a
Woman’s College and a Model Woman’s Club.=—It has been repeatedly and
conclusively proved, in a large series of cases, that the physique,
carriage, and health of woman can be wonderfully improved by regular
and systematic gymnastic exercises, combined with outdoor exercise
and athletic sports.
Briefly stated, the facts in the matter are these: the bony and the
muscular systems and the vital organs are the same in both men and
women, and hence the general scheme of physical training, which has
been found to be so highly beneficial to men, would, if properly
modified, be equally beneficial to women, and such a training for
women is urged by the most competent authorities of the day.
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