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Here we are all set to do the "figure eight.' Toes pointed down is good for ankles.
From another angle. Audrey will lift up her middle from the floor then lower it.
KEEP
YOUR
FIGURE
Figures, of course, are born —but they can be made, and kept lovely to look at
By Josephine Felts
NOTHING can be more important to you than to keep your figure lithe and lovely. It may take a bit of doing, but it is worth it millions of times over. Slender Audrey Totter, whom you will admire soon in Metro-GoldwynMayer's "Lady in the Lake," is right here to give you a few priceless tips.
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Audrey Totter, slender blonde star of M'etro-ColdwynMayer's "Lady in the Lake."
Push up hard with that back, at the same time drawing in the abdominal muscles.
"Begin," she says, "in the middle." For if you can keep a slim waist with firm, strong abdominal muscles, that is at least half the battle. Oh no, we aren't forgetting those hips and thighs. They are part of you, too, and of course, Audrey has ideas about them as well.
Let's start by lying down on a blanket or one of those big rough towels that are as long as you are tall. (See Audrey in picture 1.) The first exercise is easy. It is to pretend you are a cat and stretch and s-t-r-e-t-c-h! Stretch with your arms as far over your head as you can reach them, stretch your legs down, and down;
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"Figure eight" has knees over to the floor with a good, center torso twist as well.
And relax. Cross-legged oriental fashion bend far forward for back, neck loosening.
do them singly and together. You can do this standing up, too, at odd moments of the day when nobody is looking. (Just to be sure they don't think you're crazy.)
Next, from this same prone position, lift the upper part of your body to a half sitting position, about six or eight inches from the floor and drop down again. Feelthe vibration of your middle muscles? They are getting a workout. If at first you can't keep your legs down as you do this, never mind. After a while you can. Or hook them under a chair rung to hold them.
Now sit up as Audrey does in picture 2 with your toes pointed and stretched down. Take your arms (picture 3) and bend forward, touching your toes. Lie back on the floor, arms stretched overhead. Repeat this several times. After a week or so increase the number of bends.
What physical education experts call the "figure eight exercise" is one of the best little tummy eradicators. Good for the thighs, too. Lie on the floor as at first and draw your knees up to your chest (picture 4) . Push the knees down on the left side as far as they will go; draw them up along that side to the position shown in picture 5. Swing back into the knee-chest position (picture 4). Now