The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
EXERCISE FOR HEALTH'S SAKE.

EXERCISE FOR HEALTH'S SAKE.
Let us endeavor in a few words to
explain to the reader what the condi
tons Of healthful and beneficial exer-
else really are. In order to obtain
good results from exercise, there are
several things we must always bear in
mind
Exercise must be taken in fnOdera-
ton, and extended over some consider
able time. "Spurts, and that amount
of exercise which borders ON fatigue,
should be avoided. Whenever the body
becomes tired, exercise, instead Of be-
ing any longer Of value as a tonic, be-
comes a positive depressant, and re-
suits in evil, not only to the muscular,
! but to the nervous system as WELL
A course of exercise, no matter what
the kind of it is, ought to be begun
and carried on by easy stages. Take
the exercise of walking as an example.
Here the strength should never be
taxed, but the distance is to be in
creased day after day, till the person
| finds himself capable of performing a.
moderate journey in reasonable time,
and that distance ought to become his
| daily standard
Do not forget that exercise is a.
tonic, and, like all tonics, benefit is not
to be expected from q single dose. Its
effects are gradual; hence exercise
should be taken with regularity. I'll
you are pedestrian, the same hour
every day ought to find you enjoying
your round of "pedal progression; u
and you must never, if possible, omit
it the one day and take it the next.
Look upon your daily walk as q duty,
and let neither rain nor sunshine, snow
nor hail, keep you from performing it.
Of course we are supp0sing ourselves
addressing those in ordinary health |
and even then they ought to protect
themselves from inclement weather
Never hurry your exercise. With
the exception Of getting out of the way
of mad bull, and one or two other
odds and ends, everything in this
world, we think, is better done leis-
urely.
The time at which exercise should
be taken is of considerable Importance.
| 1t ought to be, as nearly as possible, |
the same time every day. One should
never take hard exercise either i'm
mediately before or soon after meal
| We should be inclined to DR.. Aberne-
thy's advice, and say, "Rest for three
hours after dinner"
, Always take your exercise IN Mel
open air.
Exercise ought to be taken in clothes
which are neither too cumbersome nor
too heavy; and, if heated in the inter
walls Of rest, be very careful you do not
catch cold. J4s1
Work is not exercise. This may
seem strange, but it is true. We tell
our patients, "We don't care how
much you run about all day at your
business, you must take the exercise
we prescribe quite independently of
your work" There are perhaps no
more Woodworking men in the world
than the Scottish plowmen--wearily|
plodding all day long behind their
horses, in wet weather or dry. Mol
sooner, however, has the sun "ganel
west the loch," and the days work is
done, than after supper and a good
wash, those hardy lads assemble in the
glen, and not only for one, but often
three good hours keep up the health
giving games for which their nation is
SO justly celebrated.
1t is Of paramount Importance that
! you should bear in mind what we are
going to say. Very kindly to do so,
ireader, or we shall have written this
paper in vain.
We have endeavored to show you
that work is not exercise; do your ut
most, therefore, to prevent your exer-
else becoming work. If all that we
expected Of exercise were merely the
increasing of the bulk and firmness of
the muscles, then a course of dumb
bells, and the performance of few
gymnastic feats daily, would be all
that would be required. But proper