ISOMETRIC EXERCISE It Can Help Figure
ISOMETRIC EXERCISE It Can Help Figure
Anyone for instant exercise? We have instant coffee and instant foods. Who knows? Maybe we will soon have instant people! What about isometric exercise? What is it? How did it all start? What can it really do for a woman’s figure?
In the first place, isometric exercise is not new. It has been used in tHerapy in some form for many years. As early as the 1920′s scientists were studying muscles and the effect activity and inactivity had on them. There is the very interesting story of the frog. 1 have read two versions, but maybe there were two different studies. In any event, the idea and the result were the same.
IN ONE STUDY the legs of some frogs were tied together for a fairly long time. When the restraining bindings were removed, it was discovered that the legs of the frogs had developed amazingly. In another instance one leg was tied down while the other was left free. The muscles of the bound leg underwent much greater development than those of the leg which was free to kick. The straining against (lie binding, which was an immovable object, was an isometric exercise.
In 1953 Hettinger and Muller, two physiologists, applied this principle to humans, Their study showed that intense contraction of a muscle against a fixed object could increase the strength of. the muscle 5 per cent in a-week. Some investigators were even more enthusiastic. Anyway there seems to be no doubt that this is a rapid way to develop muscles and tone flabby tissue.
FltOM THEN ON, isometrics have been used by champion swimmers and track stars, by Olympic stars, by pennant-winning teams and by Marines in boot camp. They have been used with success with geriatric patients. Too, they have been found to be valuable for those who have had to wear a cast for some time.
Now isometrics are being used to beautify the feminine form divine. This form of exercise has an exciting place in figure control.
If you would like to have my new booklet which gives you isometric exercises I have selected especially for women, send 20 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request. Address .lose-phine Lowman in care of this newspaper.
