IHPRA Newsletter
August 2009


Stall bars are a Swedish innovation. 

Click here for a closer look at the Swedish system as taught in the USA by Nils Posse.

Here's another book by Posse.


Nil Posse
 
P.H. Ling

Click here for a bios of Nils Posse and Swedish system founder P.H. Ling.

Stall bars were also used in Danish physical training.

Stall bars were widely used in late-1880 US schools and military programs.

The Swedish system included highly developed off-the-ground training

 
The Ling tradition is still important in Swedish culture.

 
Systems are specifically designed for both men and women.

Pennsylvania and Maryland Army National Guard Recruit Sustainment Cadre recently held a one-week PRT course at Fort Indiantown Gap.
Focus was on strength, endurance and mobility. 

Texas lawmakers vote to no longer require health classes in schools

Physical education injuries up 150%

 New York Study -- Fit students are more academically successful than unfit.

 Do you have any old photos of wheel gymnastics?

Wheel gymnastics was invented in 1925 by a German railway worker named Otto Feick (photo above).
It is also known as rhoenrad, rhonrad, German wheel, and gym wheel.
Google any of these terms, and you will find more about it.


American WWII pilot training used the wheel.


Two French inventors created this one.

Have you ever seen photos of the old gymnasium at Warm Springs?

Here are a couple.

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