WAIST TO KNEES

Southland Times, Issue 23047, 14 November 1936, Page 16

WAIST TO KNEES

Slimming Exercises The woman who is content with her figure is as hard to find as the woman who is content with her husband’s income. It may please her in some directions, but she is certain to find fault in others. I have yet, writes a London physical culture expert, to meet the woman who will admit that she is pleased with her hips. If you yourself are one of the many thousands who hanker to reduce from waist to knees, the best thing is to give yourself a combined treatment of exercise and reducing lotion. And right now, before I go on with this subject, I wish to make one very serious remark, and it is this: Exercises should never be undertaken by women who have any kind of heart trouble or those who have undergone surgical operations. , , _ ~ I have had any number - of letters from readers asking me to, recommend various reducing exercises. Then, tucked away in some corner of the letter is an admission that they have had this or that operation, and the horrible thought enters my head that they might not have admitted to the operation and that I would have recommended the exercise which would have been possibly extremely bad for them. Therefore, if you have heart trouble, or you have had an operation and you are not satisfied with your figure, the person to consult is your doctor, and the probability is that you need correct support in the way of specially-construc-ted corsets. The Healthy Woman. Now to get back to the ordinary hale and hearty woman. Three good and simple exercises are as follows: —Stand erect, heels about two inches apai t, arms out at shoulder height. Swing the right arm downward until the fingers touch the back of the left knee, then swing the left arm downward until the fingers touch the back of the right knee. Continue for two or three minutes. Next lie on the floor and roll the lower part of your body, first as far to the right and then as far to the left as possible. Do this for two minutes. For the third exercise lie straight on the floor, slip your hands under your back so that they are supporting you each side at the lower part of your spine, raise your feet in the air and pedal as hard as you can, lifting your back as high as possible with your arms. This is a strenuous exercise and should only be undertaken by women who are under 30 years of age and sound in wind and limb. Here are some good leg exercises: Stand erect, shoulders well back, heels two inches apart, and rise slowly to the toes, then lower yourself just as slowly back again to the heels. This develops and rounds out the calves of the legs, reduces the ankles and strengthens the arches. The next exercise is called the toe circle, and has three positions. Take the same position, standing erect, heels two inches apart, and slide the right foot as far out in front of the body as possible, keeping the ball of the foot on the floor (1). Sweep the foot round in a wide semi-circle (2), until the toes are far back of the left heel (3); without raising the foot from the floor slide it forward to the starting point. Repeat 20 times, then reverse. Do the same exercise with the left leg.' If you want to make yourself a reducing lotion at home, this can be done by shaving up two squares of camphor, adding it to one pint of surgical spirit, which you can get from the chemist. Keep this bottled for 48 hours, then use it by dabbing on with a pad of cotton wool twice a day. This can be used for every part of the body except the face and the chest.