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Tighten muscles

Tighten muscles

Date9/10/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tighten muscles: Lie on your back with your legs relaxed. Tighten your seat muscles slowly. As your muscles harden, press your seat upward, leaving your waist dropped. Keep the muscles tight until they tire, then release them slowly.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0057473F
      Stretching muscles: To stretch the groin muscles, hold one knee up tightly and tighten the thigh and seat muscles as you stretch the other leg
      Stretching muscles: To stretch the groin muscles, hold one knee up tightly and tighten the thigh and seat muscles as you stretch the other leg
      Beaty, Keith
      10/21/1985
      Jaw jut: To combat double chin and dowager's hump, look into mirror and tilthead back, above, as you just lower jaw forward so neck muscles tighten all the way down to the shoulder line
      Jaw jut: To combat double chin and dowager's hump, look into mirror and tilthead back, above, as you just lower jaw forward so neck muscles tighten all the way down to the shoulder line
      Allen, Ed
      1/29/1981
      Strengthen muscles: In this exercise to strengthen and stretch groin muscles, transfer the hold from your arms to the groin muscles so they, rather than your arms, do the work
      Strengthen muscles: In this exercise to strengthen and stretch groin muscles, transfer the hold from your arms to the groin muscles so they, rather than your arms, do the work
      Beaty, Keith
      9/10/1985
      Pushup exercise for flattening tummy muscles and tightening arm muscles is done by Nancy Fisher
      Pushup exercise for flattening tummy muscles and tightening arm muscles is done by Nancy Fisher
      Spremo, Boris
      11/20/1969
      Good for the back: The one-knee-to-chest stretch will lengthen the shortened muscles of the lower back and strengthen stomach muscles
      Good for the back: The one-knee-to-chest stretch will lengthen the shortened muscles of the lower back and strengthen stomach muscles
      Dunlop, Alan
      3/26/1990
      Plenty of pretty girls sunbathe at Cherry Beach, a good place to sto and study the mysteries of stomach muscles and thigh bulge, says Sunday walker Go(...)
      Plenty of pretty girls sunbathe at Cherry Beach, a good place to sto and study the mysteries of stomach muscles and thigh bulge, says Sunday walker Go(...)
      Cusano, Jack
      7/20/1982
      Leg test: Jodi Burgess, 18, works on machine testing the strength of her leg muscles
      Leg test: Jodi Burgess, 18, works on machine testing the strength of her leg muscles
      Cooper, David
      8/26/1980
      A good breakfast builds muscles for workes-at desk or in a war plant
      A good breakfast builds muscles for workes-at desk or in a war plant
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/31/1945
      Muscles bulge as Bobby Hull (right) arm wrestles with Gilles Gratton, a backup Goalie with team Canada
      Muscles bulge as Bobby Hull (right) arm wrestles with Gilles Gratton, a backup Goalie with team Canada
      Bezant, Graham
      9/14/1974
      Getting fit by computer. Otto Jelinek, fitness and sport minister, flexes his muscles to show Olympic medalist Angela Bailey how well he did on a new (...)
      Getting fit by computer. Otto Jelinek, fitness and sport minister, flexes his muscles to show Olympic medalist Angela Bailey how well he did on a new (...)
      Jelinek, Otto
      7/23/1985
      Gymnastics champ Harriet Handler flexes muscles: Bathurst Heights Secondary student wants to be physical education teacher
      Gymnastics champ Harriet Handler flexes muscles: Bathurst Heights Secondary student wants to be physical education teacher
      Geo, Mario
      11/9/1965
      After a day of sailing in a good breeze, unconditioned muscles cry for mercy, says sailing association executive in letter (below). Most enthusiastic sailors are in extremely good condition, he says
      After a day of sailing in a good breeze, unconditioned muscles cry for mercy, says sailing association executive in letter (below). Most enthusiastic sailors are in extremely good condition, he says
      Griffin, Doug
      4/27/1973