Bodybuilders -- Biography; Exercise -- Popular works; Physical education and training -- Popular works; Sandow, Eugen, 1867-1925
I have always taught that muscle is developed by will-power, not by
mechanical movement, and the simple principle of this latest invention
is, by calling forth a continual exercise of will-power to obtain
results impossible with any previous Dumb-bell.
Yours faithfully,
_Eugen Sandow_
SANDOW’S SCHOOLS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE.
_Central Offices_—=Sandow Hall, Savoy Corner, Victoria Embankment, W.C.=
LONDON ESTABLISHMENTS:
=32, St. James’s Street, London, S.W.=--Chief West End School. At this
School each pupil receives individual instruction. =Three Months’
Course, £10 10s.=
=115a, Ebury Street, London, S.W.=, close to Victoria Station,
accessible from all parts. SANDOW’S popular School at popular prices.
Classes for ladies and gentlemen, =Three Months’ Course, £3 10s.=
=Brook House, Walbrook, London, E.C.=, adjoining Mansion House, Bank
and Stock Exchange. This School has been specially built for City men.
Fitted with marble plunge bath, &c. =Three Months’ Course, £10 10s.=
=185, Tottenham Court Road, London, W.= SANDOW’S Residential School.
Forty bedrooms, restaurant, smoke-room, and two large airy gymnasia,
70 feet long, luxuriously fitted throughout. The prices at this
school are within the reach of everyone. Bedroom from 10s. per week.
=Non-Residential Terms, Three Months’ Course, £2 10s.=
=Crystal Palace School, Sydenham.= Separate schools for ladies and
gentlemen.
PROVINCIAL ESTABLISHMENT:
=Oxford Street, Manchester.= Classes for ladies and gentlemen. =Three
Months’ Course, £5 5s.=
_Inspection invited at all Schools. Visitors will be shown over, and
the system explained._
In addition to Mr. SANDOW’S System of Physical Culture, boxing and
fencing taught at all schools.
=Prospectuses of any School sent on application.=
Measurement Form for Postal Instruction.
See Figure on page 39. Date............................
_Name_..............................................
_Address_...........................................
Heart........................
Lungs........................
Digestion....................
Age..........................
Occupation...................
Nature of Illness, if any.............................
How long ago?.........................................
Physical Peculiarity, if any..........................
Medical Examination...................................
Result................................................
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