The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31


rolling. Nowadays both men
and women may be found
who daily make it duty to
exercise for a certain length
Of time with a common everyday barrel.
Corpulent people may now rejoice for
this latest acquisition to the catalogue of
health and figure Improvement methods
has been proven to do everything claimed
for it.
Thin, siclkly people may also join thu
chorus, for 1t not only reduces flesh with
fieshy individuals, but makes flesh AID
muscle, improves the breathing apparatus.
invigorates the action of the heart and
brings about a graceful carriage.
All the properties needed consist Of q
small barrel or key. The exercise may
be taken in a bedroom, although cut OF
doors is better.
Barrel-rolling, like all other kinds of
exercise, must be taken in regulated
doses. The man who goes at5it like he
would to fire will realize little real bene-
fit He will derive the greatest who
makes it a business as we'll as a pleas
ure, begins on small scale and works up
TO his greatest capacity gradually and
naturally.
The exercises given in the following are
prepared especially for those who are
earnest CROUCH t. have a try with this
new method and who will be really con-
scientiOus in their work.
For the first exercise the barrel is laid
on the floor on its rolling surface. The
body should be so arranged that only the
tips Of the fingers and the palms of the
hands touch the floor, the greater weight
OF the body being borne by the key. The
body should then be propelled forward,
the hands being used for that purpose.
The legs and arms must be kept as rigid
as possible. and the feet must not be
moved until the barrel, moving naturally
downward. reaches the knee. Now re-
verse the movement. pushing backward
with the hands until the barrel is rolled
up TO the arms. This exercise should be
repeated several times. 1t is the most
important Of all for reducing the weight
although it tends equally with the fol-
lowing others to develop the arms
broaden the chest and make the abdom-
inal muscles flexible
The second exercise is practically the
reverse Of the first. Rest with the back
On the cask this time Place the arms
downward, and rest the heels on the floor
the heels only. mind; no other part Of
the legs. In order to get the barrel in
motion. move the arms alternately as far
forward as possible. The cask will then
reach the heels, the body being raised
from the floor. AS before, reverse this
movement and bring the cask up to the
small Of the back, still taking care to
keep the legs stretched out straight
While. performing this exercise, keep the
lungs well filled, the stomach drawn in
and the chest expanded. When the keg
is up to the part of the back referred to
lift the arms from the floor and extend
them along the side of the body. with
long as possible without strain
The third exercise is a pretty one It
is performed by lying with the left side
of the body, just above the hip, resting
on the barrel. If you wonder why, in the
picture. the right hand is appraised, you
viii know as soon you begin the exer-
else. 1t is to balance the body, for the
feet only touch the floor With your left
hand pull your body forward as far as
possible until the feet can be raised from
the floor. This is not as easy as it looks
but little perseverance will manage it,
Then move back to the former position
When this exercise has been fairly well
mastered. repeat it, but by lying on the
right side of the body and holding the
left hand in the air This exercise is
liable to strain the body If 1T is perse-
vered In with too much zeal, and care
should, therefore, be taken to be conser-
yative.
The fourth movement consists of living
with the back on the cask, the arms at
first, folded. This, while appearing to be
similar to exercise number two Is ulIita
different for here the feet only are used
to force the body over the barrel until
the latter has reached the shoulders AMI
back of the head, when the arms are then
placed at the side, as in the illustration
AS IN the second exercise, do not neglect,
wnlle IN his position, to keep the stom-
11F1I ,-rrr t.
person with weak back should pTac-
tice this movement, for the strain upon
the neck IS rather severe, and an acct
dent might be attended with unpleasant
consequences.
The fifth is a fine exercise, easy, grace
full and at the same time beneficial. Stand
straight up, with the feet together storm
ach in, chest out, shoulders square and
head back. Place the small barrel first
upon the toes Bend down and grasp hold
of 1t, and bring it, not too quickly. I'D to
the waist line and thence above the head.
Hold it there for a second or two. being
sure that your figure is perfectly
straight.
A good method of regulating the breath
Ing apparatus, the functions of which are
rather severely drawn upon in this exer
else, is to count, one, two, three, four.
etc, at each swing-up Of the cask. and
inhale air through the nostriIs, onlv at
the even numbers, two, four, six, and so
on.
The sixth exercise follows naturally
from the fifth. Raise the cask from the
toes to the chin line, still keeping the
body rigid, though the legs NAV be
stretched trife apart, to preserve the
equilibrium, and swing the barrel to the
right and the left alternately. Follow
me same rules about breathing as in the
preceding movement
The next exercise, the seventh, IS one
Which can be done expertly only by the
man who has INDUCED in this form of
parrei-roliing exercise for some time but
so many parts Of the body are brought