The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-10-31
BAG PUNCHING ART.
INDOOR EXERCISE FOR WOMEN IN
COLD WEATHER.
Ten Minutes . Day for . Week Is Adj
vised by . Student of Athletics
Not stupid Business Like Handling
DunbDelis.

Tennis and rowing are over till next
year, and golf will be all but inlpossi-
bic in few weeks, so now the athletic
instructors are advocating bag punch
as the ideal indoor exercise for women.
particularly for women who have to
solve the ever-present problem of how
to grow thin. A well-known writer on
athletics insists that by punching bag
for ten minutes a day for a week
woman can do more to reduce her
weight and preserve good figure than
by observing rigid diet for six
months Bag punc''rg develops, the
chest, neck and shoulders and reduces
the waist. 1t exercises every muscle.
gives thin women curves and makes
stout women thin. II woman has q
poor complexion the exercise will give
her the tiRts OF peaches and cream,
II anything Will The object Of all ex-
ercise Is to make the blood circulate
rapidly and well. and bag punching
does that to perfection. Unlike fen
cling. bag punching requires no instruc-
tor. yet its advocates say it will make
q woman just as graceful and as light
On her feet as the other exercise. She
will leaf n to poise and balance herself
and this will give her q springy step
and an easy graceful carriage. Unlike
fencing. too. NO antagonist IL required.
That Is another strong point in favor
OF bag punching. Last Of all the outfit
Is inexpe- sive. Ten dollars will buy q
nrst-class light punching bag with
framework support; fairly good one
may be had for even less. The only
other thing necessary Is pair OF light
weight boxing gloves which may be
bought for dollar. The exercise can
be taken in any costume just as well
as In tho most up-to-date gymnasium
garments And a woman will derive
almost as much benef1t from; awkward
bag punching if she keeps at 1t. as she
Will from the real s;'ertific kind. These
are rules of the punching contest AZ
laid down byean authority:
Suspend the bag on level with the
shoulders and strike straight out from
the shoulder. This stroke brings into
play greater number OF muscles than
any other, tends to expand the chest
and gives a good poise to the neck.
Always hit the bag, II possible, trifle
above the center and this will prevent
q rebound and bruised nose. This
will be best understood with practice.
Ten minutes day is long enough for
the average woman. but twenty min
utes will lie better If she wants to re-
duce waistt rapidly. Punch the bag
twenty-five times with the right arm
swing. rsst a moment and then try
TWENTY-FIVE strokes with the left hand
Strike with the greatest regularity pos
siblc. Then alternate one punch with
the right and another with the left.
But keep at 1t. Don't exercise an hour
one Gay and then forget all about 1t
and these may be learned In time. as.
for instance. punching the bag with the
right elbow. alternating with punches
from the left fiet. and vice versa. An
other. little more difficult. Is the ell
bow punch with alternating upper arm
and under arm th-usts with the fists.
Still other combinations will suggest
themselves. Gradually the punches
can be made faster and faster till the
bag will beat regular tattoo on the
top of the framework overhead. Prac-
dee only makes perfect In bag punch
ing and'a practiced puncher enjoys the
exercise thoroughly. 1t IL very diner
emit from handling dumbbelis. which.
to most folks. Is stupid business at
best. Rag punching is exhilarating. 1t
Is almost like having an antagonist
keeping the puncher constantly ON the
alert.-New FORK Sun.
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