Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1860-11-30
PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
THE STRONG MAN, AND HOW HE BE.
CAME So

ested, Tor a, few years, in occasional &C,
counts Of DR.. Winship, the s:strnng Yam
kee's:' experiments in physical self-educa
tlon. He is about twenty>six years old
five feet, seven inches in height. and
weighs one hundred and forty eight
pounds. He can lift eleven hundred
pounds, and is now the best example ol
physical education in the United States,
lie was seventeen years Of age before he
began his sxperimebte, and was then but
five feet high, and weighed onlv one hun.
dred pounds; his health was not good.
for he. already suffered from the usual
dyspeptical trouhlea Of American youth.
80 great has heen his improvem. hts, that
he now declares it to be his opinion that
no one, having IAN atom of strength and
life," need despair Of the benefits of a
right system of training. He instances
Dr. Warrens testimony respecting vete.
ran invalid, who began gymnastics in his
seventieth year. with very salutary effects
and, of course, old Corna,o famous in
Addison's Ssgec!q!og) is not forgotten,
who, though no gvmnnst. began in his Tor
tleth year to; restore a broken constitution,
aud lived Q life Of health and of enviable
cheerfnlness till his hundredth year.
lsnt what has been the effieacious theo.
~ OF the strong Yankee2 He has given
1t IN the Massachusetts Teacher, but un>
fortunately, IN an article Of too great
length to be read much. We propose to
take unusual liberties with his commupi.
cation, i'll order to condense into a more
readable shape. his interesting Details
They are the best prescriptions We lave
ever met for physical selfrecnperation; :;
and, In this day, when muscular merit
has become matter of special ambition.
and physical training subject of even
soral preachments,; it may not be unpro6t-
able to present to the public an example
(which, from both its moderate good sense,
and its sxtraora9aiy results: may be pro!
How. then has the Yankee doctor sur
passed all the epug:lisiic training of the
age2 Weehumerate,at much length the
principles Of his system. We give the
most essential particulars, presenting them.
howewfr, with onr own enumeration.
/. He has. breathed an abundance Of
fresh air almost constantly practising,
we suppQss, inflation of the lungs.
2: He has drank no ardent spirits, and
.usetAno tobacco. The English training
tor the'ring,' it is well known, prohibils
these articles.
g He has taken nearly every dav,
about hay hours gxnsnastic exercise, in
tho open air, and he Is ap example of the
surprising resuIts. "
4. he has eaten heartily Of such food.
an'matand vegetable, as agreeable with
his stomach, scoutin g ssthe maxim that
you should leave the table hungry He
began not to recover from his dyspepsia
TIL he escaped this nonsense -.
IS. He has taken at least ten hours rest
daily, including sleep, and appears to have
devoted as much it to sleep as nature
would allow. 49,
e. He has worn every article of his
dress as loose and as easy as the freest ac>
lion 0t his muscles and limbs would de.
mand.
Z. He has used the bath once a week
in winter, and twice week in summer.
He denouncrs the daily use of cold baths.
He has pursued this course for nine
years, and it has, during this long period,
afforded him come important observations,
It not discoveries. Here are a few oi
them:
!. That il is as easy to increase the
strength of the human body as it is that
OF magnetic.
Q. That whatever increased his strength
inc' east d his general health. He enjoys
now the maxiMam Of the latter as he
probably doesq the former-fors his.l
ioree e. @ Is now eaHal to thatss two oraina.
~ men. y
8. That by developing his body harmo.
nlonsly, he could preclude the possibility
OF hernia, or any similar injury, that 9TH
erwlse might resnlt from an extremely vi.
olent exercise ofshis muscles. /
4: That Lifting is the saSest ,and ysnreat
method OF procuring ,.barmoniousF devel>'
opment, as also the most strengthening Of
all exercises-a Jact not generally suppo. I
sed.
s. That the performance Of twenty ylif:
Ierent gymnastic isats once: is S6ettettthan>
the performances Of one fsat twenty times.
6. That he gained more BY forty nil.
aMtes, M sxeEeises once ID two days, tIlsu BY
twenty mihntes once day. -
7. twenty or fifteen niinutes'' gymnas-.
tics snfficed for each day.
g. That as strength increases, more in.
ense but leas pfsEanlsd exereiss Should
% the rule. .:-cs 49,, ~ .-s -..s.s =. i. 81
O.. .Phat Increase of muscular. power .is
!ttended with pEoporti6pate i1sSease 81
liges.iye power.
2 70. That great physical atyspgth Sn1aaxa, ana
p asaulrad independently 'of shsrsa
endeacy toit, and indeed, itls sSsf s
'ereditary weakness Of cohstitntio1s
u. That. increased atrsngiai M MseananotE
aggs sautAre on . puIsly ysgslab bls saieE il B
T2. That inereasingsths atrs6ssh nakesE
'xcretiont lake place lsssby tie skiip, and IS
more 9by the lungs and othsr snsaIst tories. T. f.
49, That. long sbelura; hs3 could raise
leyan shlndssd pouRds with The banda OF f,
IIoulder . barrel of 9QrT, he haa put to
,gsns g. ths whole SIegd soI silasnsa s sick
sssssss ;issE sss ss sssessiss. sss &
1nsfsea sasi q Hot III ithealth
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