, 1860-11-30
From the New York World.
Physical charlottesville Strong Man and
..a'. how be Became Strong.

Physical charlottesville Strong Man and
.' how be Became Strong.
The public have been not little inter
ested, for . few years, in occasional ac-
counts Of DR.. Winship, the strong Yam
kee'SD experiments in physical selfeduca-
ton. He Is about 26 years cid, feet I
inches in hight, and weighs las ponds
He can lift eLsren hundred pounds, and is
now the best example Of physical educa-
ton in the United States. He was seven
teen years Of age before he began his ex-
periments, and was then but Eve feet high,
and weighed only 100 pounds his health
was not good, for he already suffered from
the usual dyspeptic troubles Of American
youth, So great have been his improve
ments, that he now declares it to be his
opinion that no one, having "an atom of
strength and life," need despair Of the
benefits Of right system of training He
instances DIR. Warren's testimony respect
ing a veteran invalid, who began gympas-
Tics in his seventeen year, with very salu-
tary effects and, Of course, old Cornaro
(famous 10 Addison'S Spectaior) is not for.
gotten, who, though no gymnast, began in
bis fortieth year to restore broken con-
s,itution, and lived life of health and of
enviable cheerfulness till bis hundredth
year.
But what has been the effcacious theory
Of the strong Yankee He has given it in
the Massachusetts, Teacher, but unfortu-
nately in an article Of too great length to
be read much. We propose to take unu-
sual liberties with this Communication, in
order to condense into more readable
shape bis interesting details. They are
the best prescriptions we have ever met fer
physical self-recuperation; in this day, when
muscular" merit has become a matter Of
Pecial ambition, and physical training a
subject Of even moral preachments, it may
not be Improbable to present to the public
an example which, from both its moderate
good sense and its extraordinary results,
may be pronounced model one.
How, then, has the Yankee doctor sur
passed all the pugilistic training Of the age |?
We enumerate, at much length, the princi-
Piles Of bis system. We give the NEST es-
Iential particulars, presenting them, how
ever, with our own enumeration:
l. He has breathed an abundance Of
fresh air almost constantly" practising,
We suppose, imitation OF the lungs,
2. He has drank no ardent spirits, and
used no tobacco The English training" "
for the "riig," It is wen known, prohibits
these articles.
8. He has taken, nearly every day,
about AaLEhOEr's gymnastie eTereise in the
open air, and in this is an example Of the
surprising moderation with which he has
accomplished surprising results.
4. He has eaten heartily Of such food,
animal and vegetable, as agreed with his
stomach, scouting the maxim that "you
should leave the table hungry" He began
not to recover from dyspepsia till be es-
capped this nonsense.
5. He has taken at least ten hours rest
daily, including sleep, and appears to have
devoted as much TO sleep as nature would
allow.
6. He has worn every article of bis
dress as loose and as easy as the freest ae-
ton Of his muscles and limbs would de-
mand. H 9.d9
I. He has used the bath once a week
in winter and twice a week in summer.
He denounces the daily use Of cold baths.
He has pursued this course for nine
years, and il has, during this long period,
afforded him some important observations,
il not discoveries. Here are few Of them:
i. That It Is as easy to increase the
strength Of the human body as it is that Of
magnetic.
2. That whatever increased bis strength
increased his general health He enjoys
now the maximum Of the latter as be prob
ably does Of the former-for his force is
now equal 10 that Of two ordinary men.
3. That by developing his body harmo-
niously he could preclude the possibility Of
hernia, or other similar injury, that other
wise might result from an extremely Vio-
lent exercise of the muscles
4. That lifting is the safest and surest
method 81 producing harmonious deVel-
opment, as also the most Strengthening Of
all exercises fact not generally sup
posed.
S. That the performance Of twenty DIFF
ferent gymnastic feats once, is better than
the performance Of one twenty times.
6. That be gained more by forty min
uteS exercise once IN TWO uaySI tnau py
twenty minutes once day.
I. Twenty or fifteen minutes gymnaS-
tics suffced for each day.
s. That as strength increases, more in
tense but lessprotracted exercise should
be the rule.
Q. That increase Of muscular power is
attended with prOportiOnate increase o
digestive power.
10. That great physical strength may
be acquired independently Of hereditary
tendency to it; and, indeed, in spite Of he
reditary weakness Of constitution.
IL. That increased strength canno
long continue on purely vegetable diet
IL. That increasing the strength make
excretion take place less by the skin, ant
more by the lungs and other emunctories.