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My mother used to be able to do that when she was little--she was way into gymnastics for much of her youth. She says she could get herself into that position without help, starting out lying on her stomach, then arching her legs up and simultaneously pushing her chest up with her arms. Once she got her feet hooked around her neck, she could stop holding herself up with her arms and used the crooks of her elbows to pull them down the rest of the way, naturally rocking forward as she did so.
I've seen pictures, which are especially strange since the whole time I've known her my mother has been moderately-to-significantly overweight.
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