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...Duston, England, Marmaduke Harrison, 82, died after breaking a thigh in trying to put both feet in the same trouser leg...
When a Mensendiecker raises his right hand in a stiff-armed salute, he puts his weight on his right foot and thrusts his left leg backward. The left leg thus counterbalances the upraised right arm. Because Nazis and Fascists stand with their feet together when they salute, they strain themselves (according to Mensendieck theory) and are bound to have unesthetic legs and rumps...
...down. Stand with one foot slightly forward, hands hanging freely from shoulder. Rise slightly on the toes, bend the knees slowly, tilt the trunk forward as the leg muscles lower the body onto the chair. Do not start to sit down with the feet together. This "closed foot position forces the trunk into an extreme diagonality [and] brings the buttock mass into unbeautiful prominence. It protrudes as if searching for the seat...
...iron clothes, with the right hand. Keep the right knee stiff and the body's weight mainly on the right leg. Keep the left leg slightly to the rear, bending the knee and raising the heel slightly to keep the hips level...
...First, after the foot is placed, pointing straight ahead, in the foot-forward position without weight, we can, by raising the heel of the backward supporting leg shove or propel the trunk weight into the forward leg. This raising of the heel of the back leg to propel the weight of the trunk forward into space, until it rests over the advanced foot, is known as the propulsive step...