How to Get Strong and How to Stay SoBlaikie, William
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How to Get Strong and How to Stay So
Blaikie, William
Physical education and training
Now the in-door chest work above recommended, and the steady and
vigorous daily out-door work, all aiming to deepen and strengthen the
lungs, are well-nigh sure to bring decidedly favorable results; while
the doctor's habit of frequent, deep, and slow inhaling, cannot fail to
work great good, and can hardly be practised enough.
After he of weak lungs has once built them up again and regained the
former vigor, he should not only be sure of his daily in-door exercise
and of his constitutional, but of a longer outing daily than a stronger
man would need. President Day, of Yale, said to have been a consumptive
at seventeen, by good care of his body lived to be ninety-five, and it
is far from uncommon for delicate persons, who take good care of the
small stock of vigor they have, to outlive sturdier ones who are
more prodigal and careless.
FOOTNOTES:
[P] See page 77.
APPENDIX I.
_Showing the average state of the development of 200 men upon
entering the Bowdoin College Gymnasium, from the classes of '73,
'74, '75, '76, and '77._
+-------------------+------------------------------+
|Age | 18.3 years. |
+-------------------+--------------+---------------+
|Height | 5 ft. 8 in. | 67.974 in. |
|Weight | 135 lbs. | 134.981 lbs. |
|Chest (inflated.) | 35 in. | 35.067 in. |
|Chest (contracted) | 32-1/4 in. | 32.29 in. |
|Forearm | 10 in. | 10.03 in. |
|Upper arm (flexed) | 11 in. | 10.960 in. |
|Shoulders (width) | 15-1/2 in. | 15.602 in. |
|Hips | 31-1/2 in. | 31.475 in. |
|Thigh | 19-1/2 in. | 19.612 in. |
|Calf | 12-1/2 in. | 12.729 in. |
+-------------------+--------------+---------------+
APPENDIX II.
_Showing the average state of the growth and development of the
same number of men (200) after having practised in the Bowdoin
Gymnasium_ half an hour a day _four times a week, for a period of
six months, under Dr. Sargent._
+-------------------+------------------+---------------+
|Height | 5 ft. 8-1/4 in.| 68.254 in. |
|Weight | 137 lbs. | 137.123 lbs. |
|Chest (inflated) | 36-3/4 in. | 36.829 in. |
|Chest (contracted) | 33 in. | 33.206 in. |
|Forearm | 10-3/4 in. | 10.760 in. |
|Upper arm (flexed) | 12 in. | 11.903 in. |
|Shoulders (width) | 16-1/4 in. | 16.260 in. |
|Hips | 33-3/4 in. | 33.875 in. |
|Thigh | 21 in. | 20.964 in. |
|Calf | 13-1/4 in. | 13.232 in. |
+------------------+-------------------+---------------+
In this case the apparatus used was light dumb-bells, 2-1/2 lbs.; Indian
clubs, 3-1/2 lbs.; pulley-weights, from 10 to 15 lbs.
APPENDIX III.
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