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Log Exercises

Baby of Replogle’s

There’s a story behind the Navy
log exercises which the PT classes
have been sampling. Log exercises
themselves have a history dating
back to when men were men and the
women loved it. The Canadians are
the alleged founders of “log
rythmns,’ You may recollect seeing
photographs or news reels of Canadi-
an mass exercises with logs.

Log exercises are a pet of Chief
Wayne Replogle. It is his “baby” as
far as Wabash or the entire Navy
athletic program is concerned. Chief
has been working with logs continu-
ously throughout his brilliant athlet-
ic career. Most all coaches alter their
interests in physical training from
big time intercollegiate competition
to the individual development of
young men through mass exercises
and intramural competition. “Rep”
is no exception to this rule, and he
has babied the idea of log exercises
for some time.

Log exercises are not in the Navy
curriculum; not yet anyway. Chief
Replogel has drafted the entire se-
quence of log drills and has been ex-
perimenting with them here at Wa-
bash.

The basic principle is to bring out
coordination and cooperation into
perfect percision. The movements are
responses of military commands,
tthus precision is derived.

In a few weeks, after concentrated
drill with logs, the proceedure is to
be photographed. The photos, with
the draft of sequence will be sent to
Chicago, then on to Washington for
further review. If the Navy Physical
Training Department adopts log ex-
ercises into their PT curriculum,
Chief Replogle will indeed have a
feather in his hat.

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