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Emperor's Excercises vs COVID-19

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To protect ourselves from COVID-19 we have to stay at home. Sometimes we don't move enough, sometimes the flats are too small for exercises.  Let's enjoy one hundred fifty years old exercises which princes used to do. To do the exercises you can use either a chair or a horse if you have one or something else or your imagination. The excercises are good both for your body and for your brain, it is a part of history!When you are at home and COVID-2019 is hunting around searching for new victims,  let's do the excercises which princes used to do!

Let’s do some historical exercises using horse riding training picture for sons of Russian Emperor in the end of the 19^th century Alexander the 3^rd (father of the last one, Nicholas II of Russia) from Gatchina palace museum (outskirts of Saint-Petersburg, Russia). I’m training to train like a princess!

Emperor of Russia Alexander III (Reign 1881-1894) and his wife Empress Maria (nee Princess Dagmar of Denmark) with their kids in 1891

Emperor of Russia Alexander III (Reign 1881-1894) and his wife Empress Maria (nee Princess Dagmar of Denmark) with their kids in 1891

Emperor of Russia Alexander III (Reign 1881-1894) and his wife Empress Maria (nee Princess Dagmar of Denmark) with their kids in 1891

1. Grand Duke Nickolas – future Nickolas II, the last Emperor of Russia 2. Grand Duke George 3. Grand Duchess Olga 4. Grand Duchess Xenia 5. Empress Maria 6. Emperor Alexander III 7. Grand Duke Michael

1. Grand Duke Nickolas – future Nickolas II, the last Emperor of Russia 2. Grand Duke George 3. Grand Duchess Olga 4. Grand Duchess Xenia 5. Empress Maria 6. Emperor Alexander III 7. Grand Duke Michael

The set of excerises

One, three, two! I will do it for you! Smiling peaceful and calm here is - me number one!

One, three, two! I will do it for you! Smiling peaceful and calm here is - me number one!

And this is me number two! Also smiling at you! Position number one is not difficult to be done! One, two, three! Please, repeat after me!

And this is me number two! Also smiling at you! Position number one is not difficult to be done! One, two, three! Please, repeat after me!

Position number two - we are fighting against flue

Position number two - we are fighting against flue

I'm willing to repeat - to fight against COVID

I'm willing to repeat - to fight against COVID

One, two, fifteen - go away COVID-19

One, two, fifteen - go away COVID-19

Now you can see - the position number three

Now you can see - the position number three

At first it looks the easy one but number one has somewhere gone

At first it looks the easy one but number one has somewhere gone

Me number two is very clumsy. (The horse is too small for my beautiful long legs)))))

Me number two is very clumsy. (The horse is too small for my beautiful long legs)))))

This is not so easy one

This is not so easy one

But anyway it should be done

But anyway it should be done

You can try to touch your shoe

You can try to touch your shoe

If you can - it's good for you

If you can - it's good for you

For skipping positon number four, I have to do even more than before

For skipping positon number four, I have to do even more than before

I did the things which I had to. I'm having rest (me number two)

I did the things which I had to. I'm having rest (me number two)