Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-04
Too Much Exercise .

had encouraged q young friend of his to
take more physical e3erc1se t.. expand
his chest and develop his muscles gives
to the New York Times the unfortunate
results OF his experiment. He had read
and was strongly impressed by Blaikie's
book Of instruction, s'How to Get Strong"
He gave the book to his young friend,
who, having read it, determined to take a
course of daily physical exercise. 4. :, ~
This young man, about twenty-six
years Of age, was tall and slender. He
had just returned from q business trip
to the tropics, and was in good health.
but not robust. His chest was fiat and
narrow, and his muscles small and fac
cid. He agreed with his elder acquaint-
ance that both needed development.
So he set to work.
It was in the first months of the sum-
mer Of 1885, He began first with three
pound dumb bells, using them every
morning, and taking walk of two or
three miles later IN the day. His mus
cles coon showed improvement, his appe-
tite increased and he was doing himself
apparently great good.
After few weeks he increased the
size of his dumb bells to five pounds, and
heightened his walk to four miles day,
with still apparent good effects. and then,
ANXIOUS to expand his chest BY other ex.
ercisc, having more direct effect upon it,
b took to rowing on the Harlem River,
| every morning taking pleasant pull at
the oars. His fare was plain and simple,
cup of coffee and some biscuit before
starting, and after his aquatic constitu-
| tional a substantial meal. He was soon
the picture of robust health, brown as q
berry, with knots of muscles on the backs
of his shoulders. His sleep was sound,
his digestion excellent, his appetite "a
venous. .. -.
Thus he continued growing robust 1o1
two or the months, until he became the
envy et his fellows. Every day he took
| cold shower-bath, followed BY brisk
| abrasion of the skin with flesh brush.
On days when they could not row he
| walked to the moderate extent of five
miles. He was comparatively moderate
in exercise with the oars. He was tenn.
perate in all things, and ia splendid spir-
its, mental and physical. So Tar the ex-
pertinent was success.
Early in September, however, a small
soro, like pimple, appeared on one Of
his shoulders and his right wrist becaW {
stiff and slightly swollen. The sore re.
fused to heal and the stiffness of the wrist
increased till he had to give up rowing
From that time he logan to run down
Headache, soreness, swelled ankles and
wrists, and general symptoms of debility
set IN, and before December he seemed
to be thoroughly FUSED up"
Then it was thought best to consult d
physician, and one of the most eminent in
New York was called in. He was thor.
oughly examined. The heart and lungs
kidney and liver were pronounced sound
He was simply run down and needed
rest. The physician prescribed tonic
plenty of substantial, nurishing food and
all the sleep possible, and, under thit
regime, the young man Is slowly recov
erlng the vitality be. lost during the sum
mer when he thought he was putting
new life and strength iato himself.
The physician who had him in charge
said he had on his visiting list large
number Of young men who had beer
leaders in collegiate athletic sports, anc
who had used themselves up physically
some Of them beyond recovery. If the,
live they will be prematurely old men
Too much exercise is as bad as no exer
else, if not worse. Just where the colder
means is, must be determined by indi
vidual experience. Perhaps the time t
quit is when one feels the first symptom
of fatigue or Wear1ness.