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SWEDISH GYMNASTICS.
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up to rather beyond the middle, after that in decreasing the exertion
more rapidly towards the end; and when the whole day’s exercise has
been gone through, both the action of the heart and the breathing
ought to be strong and deep but calm.
Pedagogic Gymnastic lesson to Lady pupils, Central Gymnastic Institute, Stockholm.
When the exercises thus arranged correspond to the
disposition and ability of the individual, self-command, i. e. harmony
between the nervous action and the power of performance, is
produced and developed. And, since the implements of movement, the
bony frame itself together with ligaments and muscles, are during
the exercise the constantly working instruments, which of
themselves can do nothing but only operate through the nervous
influence — it is evident that the development of a calm, even, and
sufficiently commanding nervous system must be one of the chief
aims of gymnastics. Action and reaction is the law of nature which
makes itself felt here. Ling in his time said, »Muscular force or
tensile power thus stands in uninterrupted connection with the vessels
and nerves, wherefore the latter must be developed equally with the
muscles.»
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