Chapter I: GYMNASTICS. By a MEMBER OF THE LONDON ATHLETIC CLUB

I.--PRELIMINARY HINTS AS TO DRESS, DIET, AND EXERCISES WITHOUT
APPARATUS 19
II.--EXERCISES WITHOUT APPARATUS 20
LEG MOVEMENTS 21
III.--EXERCISES WITH APPARATUS 21
THE HORIZONTAL BAR 22
HANGING ON THE BAR AND THE WALK 22
BREASTING THE BAR 23
THE SHORT CIRCLE 23
GETTING ON TO THE BAR 24
THE LEG SWING (BACKWARDS) 24
TO SIT ON THE BAR 25
SIT SWING (BACKWARD) 26
HANGING BY THE LEGS 27
THE CLEAR CIRCLE 27
THE MUSCLE GRIND 28
HANGING BY THE TOES 28
THE HOCK SWING 28
THE UPSTART 29
THE SLOW PULL-UP 29
HORIZONTAL (BACK AND FRONT) 30
THE SPLITS 30
THE LONG SWING 30
COMBINATIONS 31
THE PARALLEL BARS 31
EXERCISES 32
VAULTING HORSE 35
LEG SPRING 36
HORSE JUMPING 37
SADDLE VAULTING 37
FLYING OVER THE HORSE 38
THE HAND-RINGS OR STIRRUPS 39
CLIMBING 41
THE LADDER 42
IV.--HOW TO MAKE GYMNASTIC APPARATUS. By CHARLES SPENCER,
Author of _The Modern Gymnast_, &c. 42
HORIZONTAL BAR 43
PORTABLE HORIZONTAL BAR 44
LAWN GYMNASIUM 45
PORTABLE FRAME FOR TRAPEZE, RINGS, OR SWING 46
JUMPING STANDS 47
THE PAN-GYMNASTICON 48
OTHER USEFUL APPARATUS 48

CHAPTER II.--INDIAN CLUBS AND HOW TO USE THEM. By a MEMBER OF THE
LONDON ATHLETIC CLUB 50
WEIGHT OF THE CLUBS 51
HINTS AS TO DRESS, ETC. 53
EXERCISES FOR LIGHT CLUBS 54
SINGLE OR HEAVY CLUB EXERCISE 58

CHAPTER III.--DUMBBELLS, AND HOW TO USE THEM. By W. J. GORDON 60