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Does anyone know the origin of this WWII British Army exercise or Ampleforthian exercise?
My grandad was in the army during the war and prior to that was at Ampleforth college. Along with a lot of other eccentric phrases, he would often say "hop-ping on alternate feet with opposite leg and arm rais-ing" (my hyphens for some idea of rhythm). I wonder whether this was a typical army exercise order or perhaps a school PE teacher's instruction. It's always stuck in my head and I wondered whether it perhaps was a commonly used order or just something my rather comic grandad picked up somewhere....?
Sounds like a "Single sided" Star Jump, that's all lol.
An "Aerobic Exercise".
Back then they certainly had some "eccentric" ways to work out recruits without doubt.
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