Bodybuilders -- Biography; Exercise -- Popular works; Physical education and training -- Popular works; Sandow, Eugen, 1867-1925
_With splendid appetite, long peaceful nights, and wondrous powers
of vigour and vitality, I can face the world and with a deep sense
of gratitude say, this is what Mr. Sandow and his system of Physical
Culture have done for me._
_Yours sincerely_, ROLAND HASTINGS.
_P.S.--I may add I am a pupil at the St. James’s Street School._
ST. JAMES’S STREET SCHOOL.
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COPY OF MEASUREMENT SHEET.
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_Name_:—ROLAND HASTINGS.
_Address_:--Southsea House, Threadneedle St., E.C.
Before After Increases
Training. 3 Months.
Neck 14½ 16¾ 2¼
Chest Contracted 34½ 36 1½
” Expanded 36½ 43¼ 6¾
Upper Arm, Right 11¾ 15 3¼
” Left 11⅝⅝ 15 3⅜
Fore Arm, Right 11⅞ 14 2⅛
” Left 11⅞ 14 2⅛
Waist 29¼ 30¾ 1½
Thigh, Right 20½ 22½ 2
” Left 20½ 22½ 2
Calf, Right 13½ 14¼ ¾
” Left 13⅝ 14¼ ⅝
Height 5ft. 7½in 5ft. 7½in —
Weight 10st. 4lbs 11st. 4lbs 1st.
Lung Capacity 255 — —
Chest Expansion 2 7¼ 5¼
[Illustration: A. FOULKES.]
18, ST. STEPHEN’S ROAD,
BAYSWATER, W.,
_March 10th, 1899_.
DEAR SIR,
_Your system has certainly done me a lot of good and freshened me up,
although I can hardly claim to have tested it fairly, as I must plead
guilty to having done none of the exercises out of the school during
the three months’ course that I have just concluded there._
_Attending the school obviates three defects in working by yourself_:—
(_i._) _You learn--not merely the exercises--but the way to do them._
(_ii._) _You get an instructor who knows his work, and keeps you at
yours._
(_iii._) _You are stimulated by seeing others working in the same
room._
_The only disadvantage I can see in the system is that, if rigidly
followed, you would soon be driven to patronise a fresh tailor._
_I was warned not to get muscle-bound by taking the course; I now
cannot see how this can happen, unless you neglect some of the
exercises entirely. I hope, at some future date, you will receive
a better account of your system with regard to measurements and
developments from_
_Yours truly_,
ARTHUR FOULKES.
ST. JAMES’S STREET SCHOOL.
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COPY OF MEASUREMENT SHEET.
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_Name_:—A. FOULKES.
ADDRESS:--18, St. Stephen’s Road, Bayswater.
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