The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-06

SKIN.
Since good posture and good
carriage are SO important to good
looks, the girl who Is seriously In
terested In improving her appear
Ance In every way should begin
with exercises that strengthen the
spine and incidentally help other
muscles In the mid-section.
Study your figure. Perhaps you
have that S-curve that Is 50 COM
mon with women over thirty. The
rounded shoulders and sway back
are diSfiguring and aging. Worse
there may be pads OF fat between
the shoulders or at the base Of
the neck. Other common faults
are the protruding shoulder blades
Of the girl who Is too thin, or q
head that juts forward leaving .
prominent knob Ut the back OF
the neck.
Pull In your abdominal muscles
and stand as tall as possible with
the pelvis pushed down In the
back. This automatically lattens
the stomach and back. the chest
rises. the shoulders fall into place
without strain. Train your body
until 1t Is easy for you to keep this
position at all times, even when
you walk. Your head may still
poke forward. but you can correct
that easily enough once the mus
cles Of the back and stomach are
doing their part.
Makes Figure Graceful
The following simple exercises
add grace and dignity to the figure
as q whole. They are especially
good for strengthening the mus
cles of the back, abdomen. chest
and shoulders.
Sit on the floor. knees bent and
about q foot apart, hand clasped
firmly about each knee. Stretch
upward and backward, pulling
slowly and firmly with the muscles
Of the lower abdomen and back.
Be sure shoulders are nat. chest
and head high. Slowly bend head
forward, abdomen relaxed. back
rounded. Repeat exercise four
times, relax and repeat is times IN
all. This Is good for all the mus
cles In the upper part OF the body.
Next, up on hands and knees.
back nat. head up with fingers
turned inward toward each other.
Bring the right knee forward and
I'D to the chest, then extend the
whole leg backward and upward as
high as you can. At the same time
bend the elbows and lower body
downward until the chest almost
touches the floor. Return to first
position and repeat exercise, alter
mating legs ten times. Go through
the exercise slowly at first until
you are familiar with the move
ments and gain muscular control.
This Is good for the entire body.
giving perfect muscle coordination.
poise and balance.
IT'S Good for Back
Sit on the floor. left leg straight
and extended In front OF you. the
right bent and drawn back to the
chest. Clasp hands around knee.
Now roll backward, left foot over
head and come back to sitting
position, back straight and nat.
head up. Repeat three times. then
straishten leg and clasp left knee.
The knee serves q . lever to pull
backward from and helps
straighten back muscles. The chest
should be out and abdominal mus
cles pulled In as much as you can.
This exercise Is good for muscles
OF back. neck, abdomen and chest.
It's good for relaxing. too. for IRON
ing out the kinks you feel at the
end Of firing day.
Here Is another sitting" exer-
else. Have legs In . comfortable
stretched .out position, knees re-
Taxed, hands on the moor tight
against the muscles OF the side
hip. Push downward with hands.
stretching body upward. Throw
out chest. and pull In abdominal
muscles. Raise the head and back.
The muscle pull should come be-
tween the shoulders and lower
back. Relax, dropping head ana
chest forward. relaxing elbows.
Strengthen and repeat Is times.
Do not attempt TO do each ex.
ercise the specified number OF
times 1t first. Repeat two or three
times. increasing the count ~
muscles become accustomed to ac-
tivity. Be sure you are free from
binding clothing while you exer-
else. Wear shorts or . bathing
suit. Breathe deeply: q sure %