Parallel Bar Exercises (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Parallel Bar ExercisesI have examined the exercises and the illustrations with care and much pleasure, as I felt that this little booklet is an encouraging sign of the increased interest that the different forms of apparatus work are receiving. Those of us who have found much pleasure is being able to do all possible and impossible stunts upon all forms of apparatus feel a warm glow spreading over us when we notice this revival of gymnastic skill, this striving for form and finish, as exemplified in this booklet. It may be that some critics will ask what these exercises are good for, yes, that they will question the hygienic value of some of them, or, worse still, tell us that some positions are positively harmful from a corrective point of view. But what are such quibbles to a young man who feels the power and the glory of his strength when he swings up to a hand balance, and who feels the thrill of vigorous life tingling through his body?It is time that a decided stand be taken by all normal men that the mental value, the pleasure and satisfaction derived from doing many forms of gymnastics has fully as great a value as the exercises have that are undertaken from any other point of view. Let us hope that young virile manhood will never fall to the level of looking upon gymnastics from the prescription standpoint. Therefore, may this little booklet be a guide for courageous students who wish to acquire bodily skill for the fun and enjoyment there is in it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.