Free Gymnastics and Dumbbell Exercises ebook by Staff Sergeant Alfred Moss. This ebook describes the free gymnastics movements that evolved from the swedish system of gymnastics which was used by the military services in the UK. These include marching, jumping, leg exercises like squats, leg raises, arm and trunk exercises, push ups and planks.
Further, the dumbbell exercises described represent Alfred Moss' light dumbbell system, also taught to the military, and include bending and stretching the body, chest expansion, shoulder exercises, arm exercises and combinations of dumbbell exercises.
Staff Sgt Alfred Moss (1868-1952) was a prominent bodybuilder, strongman and gymnast, who was a well known figure in the British Army during the late 19th century. He primarily served in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars regiment, and went on to win the British Army Gymnastics Competition in 1900. Following his time in the military, Moss went on to work as a physical instructor, a career which he continued into his late 60s. Notably, he was a highly regarded competitor at Bernarr Macfadden’s 1903 Perfectly Developed Man Competition, and made it through the contest’s opening rounds. However, he was later disqualified for having tattoos. Moss later published several books on physical culture, including Pyramids for Gymnastic Display (1935).
eBook is 99 pages long.
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