Basic Physical Training: Fifty-Five Exercises in Diagrams and in Words

By Margaret Morris

Basic Physical Training explores health and correcting faults of breathing and posture to counteract the lack of natural movement in civilized life. This book is composed of two sections encompassing nine chapters, which evolved from the method of physical and mental training known as Margaret Morris Movement. Part I focuses on the closely inter-related practical objective of basic physical training, namely, the breathing, abdominal muscle training, feet strengthening, posture, stretching, relaxation, joint mobilization, and balance. Part II discusses the basic mechanism of breathing, followed by descriptions of exercises. This book will be of value to gymnasts, teachers, and people who wish to practice the exercises either for health or as a foundation for more strenuous training.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Release date: Oct 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483222295

Margaret Morris

If ever there was a marriage centred on socialist conviction and campaigning, it was that of Max and Margaret Morris. Max as President of the National Union of Teachers fought for the right of all children to a full education. Margaret focussed on housing and widening access to universities. She was an early member of CND. Later, they both opposed ‘Blair’s Wars’. Their stories illuminate nearly 100 years of—yet to be won—class struggle.

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