The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-22
When To Take Exercise.

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Exercise--how and when to take it.
Ho began with few remarks explana
tory OF the waste and renewal of muscu
lar tissue and It's dependence upon the
amount OF exertion both physical anc
mental, to which the human frame Is
subjected. The best result is obtained
from exercise when the body is in 6
state of perspiration, as then tho blood
Ii rushing more rapidly through the
veins, the action of the heart is quicker
and the energy developed is moro in
tense. Cnre should be taken not to nst
too heavy dumc-bells and weights as the
good which would otherwise be derived
Is counterbalanced by the expenditure
OF vital energy and the general cloggine
up OF the system. Suppose man were
to hold his arm in horizontal position
for fifteen minutes or half an hour.
gradually the action becomes tedious
and painful, and sharp pains go shooting
through it. This is caused by the
checking of the circulation, and although
the effort made is ten times that OF rails
ing dumb-bell, still the tissue lost in
the first movement is not removed. as it
Is III tho second, and consequently not
80 much benefit Is derived from il ma
from the latter. 1t is of primo impor-
tance to use weights proportioned to
ones strength, neither too largo nor too
small, but of medium size.
DR.. Sargent said that the IDEA preva-
lent that the strongest mon come from
the country is an erroneous one, as.
although certain homes and muscle CA If
those accustomed to manual labor are
larger and stronger, yet tho develop
ment OF the heart and Iunas does not
correspond, ond, therefore, the exccss of
energy III one direction Is Offset by the
loss in another. Neither do tho best
physlques como from the city, but in
general, from the large towns, where the
advantages of pure air, outdoor freedom
and the absence, of severe manual labor.
are combined. In this connection he
remarked that, for tho college student
OF the present day to spend his summer
vacation working on farm during hay-
ing and harvesting, anu all the time
subjecting body unaccustonled to this
sort OF work to q continued strain, was
---f----~ --.o-,."', >.Hsi AiiJuLlOue, Us, all
though our forefathers may have dono it
with .n'p"ni:J, the physical powers OF
the student Of the present generation do
not compare vii Ii those of tho student of
the former. In regard to the best time
for exercise, DR.. Sargent said that it
depended to certain extent upon the
condition md requirement of person.
If for instance, one Was troubled with
sleeplessness, the proper time was in
the evening, but the hour of the day
whom the average person can boar exor-
else to advantage is about the middle of
the forenoon, as then the vital energy is
at its height and work can be done, both
physical and mental. The next best
time for exercising is the afternoon from
four to six, and the worst time of all the
early morning before breakfast. The
custom in the rural districts of rising
about 4 A. NJ, and working several hours
before breakfast, especially when but
light supper is taken the night before,
is, in the doctors opinion, simply bar
barous, as the body is in the very worst
condition possible. During his college
course he was one of the members of
boat Grew whioh, while in training. was
accustomed to run six miles before
breakfast, and the breaking up of the
constitutions Of two of the men was at-
tribnted to this barbarous feature of
their work.