Hoffmann, Prof. · George Routledge and Sons, Limited (London) · leaf 134
PULLEY-WEIGHT APPARATUS EXERCISES, 123 The stress of this exercise, though it employs many muscles more or less, falls mainly on the trapecius, erectores spine, and hamstring muscles ; all the muscles, in fact, which tend to keep the … extremely beneficial to any person of a stooping habit. It also strengthens the abdominal muscles, and relieves them of superincumbent fat, which fact gives it special value in the treatment of obesity. Exercise MM. will also be found very effective for the latter purpose.
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