APPARATUS WORK IS GON-
VENIENT FOR SMALL GROUPS

Limited use is made of apparatus and
equipment exercises in the Navy phys-
ical fitness program. They do, how-
ever, have special body-building values.

Weight lifting, rope skipping (left)
and rope climbing (right) all are on
Navy program.

Among the more commonly used ap-
paratus exercises are those performed
on horizontal, parallel, and stall bars;
vertical, diagonal, and horizontal lad-
ders; the buck, side, and long horse;
and traveling rings. Rope and pole
climbing are given a great deal of em-
phasis because of the simulation to
actual conditions at sea. Rope skipping
is a top exercise for the development
of leg muscles and wind. Inflated (fast)
and training-bag punching drills de-
velop men’s arms and legs.

Muscular strength can be developed
very rapidly through progressive weight
lifting. The usual equipment is an ad-
justable bar bell, or several bar bells,
graded in weight.

OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST

_ Officers may obtain the follow-
ing physical fitness information by
request to the source indicated:

+> Physical Fitness Manual for the
U.S. Navy, NavPers15,007, from
the Training Division, Physical
Fitness Section, BuPers.

+> Catalogue of Sports—Games—
Music Equipment, from Plan-
ning and Control Division, Ma-
terial Requirements Section, Bu-
Pers.

-> Motion pictures listed in Physi-
cal Fitness Manual, from com-
mandant each naval district or
Training Division, Training Aids
Section.

* U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944