Publisher's Synopsis
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. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX The exercises which I am here appending have been referred to a number of times in the course of this book and have been advocated as profitable adjuncts to training for all of the sports. The Daily Dozen were originally designed as a method of good, rapid, all-round conditioning of naval recruits for the hard work ahead of them. They were used instead of the Swedish and other methods which had formerly been tried out because they were less fatiguing and tended to develop the main muscles of the body instead of concentrating on the arms and legs. I am giving them here in the form in which they were given at the naval training stations during the war. This form presupposes the presence of a leader whose movements are followed by a class. Such classes have been organized in schools and colleges and have proved very useful, but the exercises can easily be done individually in one's bedroom or other convenient place by simply following the directions, assisted by the cuts. THE DAILY DOZEN SET-UP The Daily Dozen Set-Up consists of twelve exercises which, for ease in memorizing, are divided into four groups of three exercises each. Each exercise or movement is given a name, and the names of all the movements of a group commence with the same letter, thus: 3. Head S. Gkasp 3. Crouch 3. Wing These exercises are not difficult or exhausting, and do not demand great strength for proper execution, but they are designed, both from a scientific and a practical point of view, to give exactly the right amount of exercise to every muscle of the body. They are intended to promote suppleness and especially to strengthen those muscles which are seldom brought into play in ordinary daily life. A conscientious fifteen minutes a day with the Daily...