New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
EXERCISE on TIE WHEEL
now BICYCLING NJ KRIS HEALTH AND MUSCLE-A
NOVEL PREsC option.

HOW BICYCLING NJ KFS HEALTH AND MUSCLF-A
NOVEL PRRsC option.
"Does bicycling pro luce a c:amp 2" said .
well known physician who il also b!cyclist. when
shown the other day paragraph to the effect that
bcyClors' cramp was is common as writers cramp.
d" Well. suppose walking sometimes produces cramp
and so it is POSSIBLE bicycling may. have never hoard
Of caac however and have yse never felt the slight
est i'll effects the thousands of miles OF bicycle rid
ing in which have INDUCED. There is always lot of
talked about the evil effects of all sorts OF
healthy exercise. from awn-tennis to footba but
rule the takers hosc who have never INDUCED III any
exercise other than getting on or Oh street-car The
fact is that cycling is by all odds one of the heathes
exercises in ,he world There ia much virtue in the
saddle OF the bicycle in The hollow bathande Of the
Arabian Nights legend. one OF the good old crusicd
Jokes of the bicycle cu room s wren man becomes
good Dlcycist he says Good by. sick list. IL may
develop extreme musoulrity but ii gives tone to
the ystcm and trains the and gives endurance TO
the muscles fho OF the bicycle brings into play all
the muscles and stimHlles the digestive stem In
condng GRADES has been pointed ont there is lifting
on the handles which calls into increased play the
cles Of the arms ess chest. back and abdomen while in
descending grades there IL itto oi the
muscle, beyond that necessary 10 preserve cqubrum
The aud lungs called upon To do moro work and
the the vital processes are qucbeDed There -
nothing tending to employ one SIDE OF the bOdy more
than the other. have said 1t does not produce muscular
strengthen Muscular strength is not constitutional
strength good health Is more mpotan that
the lungs and stomach should he strong than that the
muscles OF the Pud legs should De ike iron To 20
into details bicycle riding is OF service IN all cases OF
morbid states OF the blood. such plethora ansema,
for all liver complaints IL has an effect tue KID
noys resent ling that OF horseback riding The old
OF hernia reduced by cycling has now di,al pearod
what little tuth there IN IL was duo entirely 10 tne
old fashioned machines bOuc-shake they
nptly called
=" As special dangers there none those at
tendInt imprudonoe the OF those ndGging IN
any form OF less violent The cnief
danger j. tnat Oi accidents and in death
has resulted from fall from bicycle; bat at ordinary
speed al rarely causes material damage, aud the
possibility Or accident Is shared in casts %
greater degree In all forms Of bodily Finally,
am convinced that lar observation has yet eA-
tended the neral gienio effects of bicycling are behe-
nrlaL"
Elliott Mason the New-York agent of the Pope Bicyo-
ing company, laughed when asked II bcJ Ouhs was uh-
healthy.
nave IN my drawer" said he. ~ prescription signei
by weil-knOwn doctor and brought down To ne ny lhr
patient. weakly lad seventeen tuuchtu h lht uhe
A.sculapian Latin t called Tor standard tohinpa "hh
nNiug, and led the medicine 10 10 taken I'D
daily doses at OF Inc patient nave
heard cramp Iudnood by Cycling and certainly
hayo never experienced II
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