Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.
Robert Quillen Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Quoted by Alexander Woollcott in "The Sage of Fountain Inn," Cosmopolitan magazine (September 1933)
- year
- 1933
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“Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hand…” Robert Quillen. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-2F2286BB4D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/2f2286bb4d
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