Word: chesting
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...adipose matter burned away in gradual, but steady work. Most ordinary persons can indulge in it, however, without any fear of bad results, provided they are only careful to commence gradually and not try to do too much at a time. The proper attitude in running is with the chest well forward, the head leaning slightly back, the body straight on the hips, the arms close to the upper ribs and the fists closed, but in mere exercise it is best to give your arms more freedom, and to work them back and forward, in order to bring the muscles...
Myers when going at full speed is a model runner, both in the pose of the body and the way in which the limbs work, for he carries the head well back, the chest advanced, and the body straight on the hips, while the legs are swung straight ahead and come down on the ground with a directness that enables him to use their muscular force to the fullest extent. He is a far better type of a runner than his English rival, for the latter often extends his body forward, and uses his limbs much as the steamboats...
...sole instructor. The best part of his system is similar to principles of voice culture heretofore confined wholly to teachers of vocal music. He seeks by simple exercises to give a free movement to the diaphragm, and to insure that every word is supported from that depth; the chest to be resonant and full, with a supple readiness and activity at the lips. The instruction is wholly by classes, and not, as has heretofore been the case with upper-class men, by fifteen minute appointments...
Capt. Storrow of the sophomore crew is coaching his new men in the following order : Bow, Homans; 2, Seavey; 3, B. B. Thayer; 4, Sutton; 5, J. E. Thayer; 6, Batten; 7, Bowen; stroke, E. D. Marsh. They row at 3.30 every afternoon, and do the chest-weights and take a run out of doors afterward...
...crept closer to him, till her bright head was pillowed on his chest. Was it still a girlish jest, a girlish freak...