The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
FOOD AND EXERCISE.
AN ATHLETE GIVES SOME RULES
FOR MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT.

FOR MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT.
Exercise Should be Avoided Early in tho
Morning-Bad Effects of Training on
an Empty Stomach - Weight and
Height.
A reporter asked Professor J. NJ. Latin,
the athlete, about some of the rules FOR
muscular Development and the food and
exercise necessary. He said.
"a man must not impose upon his
stomach; it is the boiler, the engine, as 1t
were that supplies strength to the body
People of bilious Emphatic temperaments
are apt to use drastic medicines to excess
and ruin their constitutions. Once let
the insdious use of strong drugs under
mine the health and then nine times out
of ten the system never rallies to its prs
tine condition. Exercise is food, 1t is
health, it is life. | have given my life to
the study of the development of human
strength and endurance"
"How and when should a person exer-
else to be healthy and not overdo the
thingy'
Exercise should be avoided early In
the morning before breakfast on an empty
early in the morning and until the sun
has purified it with its generous beams
to breathe it freely is injurious. MalariM
and chest diseases are liable to be taken,
hence the imperative necessity OF avoiding
early morning exercise. People who are
not professional athletes cannot stand the
fatigue of exercise before breakfast, and
it even weakens the regular professional
ones who are ignorant. The system Is
weaker when person rises than al ANY
other period during the day. l well re-
member that | was forced to walk twenty
miles before breakfast when | began to
train | came back weak and exhausted.
1t was wrong and did me more harm than
good. The athlete who trains on an empty
stomach is merely devitalizng himself.
The proper way is to rise an hour or so
after the sun is up, take light breakfast,
and after the meal has been thoroughly
digested then take the exercise. linen
good work can be done without harm.
'"There are many points OF practice
among oarsmen and other professionals
that are absolutely pernicious An oars
man when he comes in from practice Will
devote few minutes to his boat before
he rubs himself down. He should not
permit himself to cool down before he has
wiped away the refuse matter. The pores
of the skin are open then, but few min
utes' rest closes them and the scrub
doesn' u do so much good. 1t is common
sense that is needed more than anything
else. Then another fatal error is the
shock and reaction theory. The young
oarsman while heated jumps into cold
bath Coming out to the natural tenn
peratsre of the air there is shock with
No n
promising oarsman killed himself in this
way He leaped into the water from his
boat. took n congestive chill and died in
the hospital. The proper way to cool off
n man is the same as that of q race horse.
Rub him slowly, cautiously, and in the
mans case use plenty of salt in the water
with which he is sponged. pint of salt
should be used to pail of water, thor
oughy dissolved. During the cooling
process moderate walking should be
taken under blanket. There should
never be sudden change from intense
exercise to perfect rest; the PROCESS
should be gradual. The great cardinal
principals of all training are simply COM
mon sense and temperance in exercise.
DIET OF ATHLETES.
"Do all athletes agree upon the subject
of det?'
"No, for I differ materially from my
brother athletes. deprecate the use OF
rare meat. Many suppose it is more
strengthening than well cooked meat, but
it is u great mistake, it requires n cast
| iron stomach, one with great tone and
| strength, to digest rare meat, and the be-
ginner, as rule, is not able to do it.
Nothing is well digested in the stomach
against which the palate revolts. | can
not eat rare meat unless | spice it up
highly with condiments and they are
positively impervious to digestion. Meat
should neither be rare nor too well done,
| but medium that retains its natural
Juices. The rare meat idea has done a
great deal of harm, and the sooner it Is
exploded the better Without physical
vitality the greatest accomplishments
amount to nothing The American
scholar as rule, is n dyspeptic. He is a
razor faced, lantern jawed, thin, nervous
man The old regimen for the student is
obsolete and almost as fatal as yellow
fever, long morning walks before break
fast, reduction of diet, little sleep and fire.
auent cold baths without well supported
vitality. 1t is wonder how many
students live, any way"
as thore special weight in proportion
to mans height for him to perform
athletic featsr'
eyes If man is 5 feet high he should
weigh from 1903 to 1903 pounds to be
athletic in proportion. The proportions
are arranged as follows, and they are ac'
curate unless on account Of some abnormal
defects: Height 5 feet inches, weight
from 119 to l25 pounds; height feet
inches, weight from 1873 to 140 pounds
height 5 feet inches, weight from lao tc
$50 pounds; height feet inches, weight
from $50 to 1862 pounds; height 8 feet II
inches, weight from 1862 to III pounds
height feet II inches, weight from liz
to 1872 pounds; height feet, weight from
1870 to 1872 pounds. 1t will be found the
above figures show what the weight of q
man should be in good condition accord
ing to the size of his bone, neck, chest
wrist, ankle and height, and, as a rule, II
his measurement does not compare closely
with these figures, he must be consider
ably out of proportion. New York Mai
and Express.