The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-28
When to Take Exercise.


An audience of about one hundred
was present yesterday afternoon, to hear
Dr. Sargent's fourth lecture on "Exer-
,ise-How and When TO Take It" The
lecturer began with few remarks ex-
planatory Of the waste and renewal of
muscular tissues and of its dependence
upon the amount of exertion, both
physical and mental. to which the
human frame is sub ected The best
result is obtained fro n exercise when
the body is in state Of perspiration. as
then the blood is rushing more rapidly
through. the veins. the act on o the
heart is quicker, a d the energy devel
oped is more intense. Care shou d be
taken not to use too heavy dumb-bells
and weights, as the good which would
otherw Sc be derived is scounterbalaneed
by the expenditure of vital energy and
the general clogging up of the syste N.
Suppose man were TO hold his arm in
a 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 cir ula-
tion, and although the effort made is
ZEN times that of raising dumb bell.
till the tissue lost in the first movement
and consequently not so much benefit is
derived from it as from the latter. It
is of prime importance to use weights
proportioned to ones strength, neither
too large nor too small, but Of medium
size. -7a.lt F!. 1f 1
DR.. Sargent said that the idea prev
alent that the stronge t men come from
the country is an erroneous one, as,
altho Igh certain bones and muscles of
those accustomed to manual labor are
larger and stronger. vet the develop
ment of the heart and lungs does not
correspond. and therefore the excess of
energy in one direction is Offset by the
loss in another. Neither do the best
physiques come from the city, but, in
general from the large towns. where
the advantages of pure air, out door
| freedom. and the absence of severe
manual labor are comb ned In this
connection he ren arked that. for a col
| lege stu ent of the present day to spen1
his summer va alton wo king on a farm
during hay 'ng and harvesting, and all
the timesubjecting body unaccustomed
to this sort of work to a continued
strain, was in the highest degree injuri-
Gus, as, although our forefathers may
have 1one il with immunity, the physi.
cal powers of the student of the esent
generation do not compare with those
| of the student of the former. In regard
to the best time for exercise, DR.. Sar.
| gent said that it depended to q Ger
tain extent upon the condition and re
quirements OF a person: if, for instance
one was troubled with slee lessness, Tho
proper time was in the evening. but the
hour of the day when the average per
son can best exercise to advantage Il
about the middle. of the forenoon, a
then the vital energy is at its heigh
and more work can be done. 9th phys
cal and mental. The next best time TO
exercising is afternoon, from fou
TO six, and the worst time of all, tn,
early morning before breakfast. Tn
custom in the rural districts of risin,
alb ,ut four a. m, and working severa
hours be ore breakfast, especially whel
but a l ght-supper is taken the n ght be
fore, is, in the doctors op' Mon, simpl
barbarous. as the body is in the yer
worst condition possible Dur ng hi
college course he wa' one of the mem
bers of boat crew which. while i
ira mig. was accustomed to run 81
miles before breakfast, and the break
ing up of the constitutions OF two of tn
men was attributed to this barbarou
feature of their work.-HdrUdrd Dali
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