Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-11
FOOD AND EXERCISE.
AN ATHLETE GIVES SOME RULES
FOR MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT.


Exercise should be Avoided Early In the
Morninx-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; il is the boiler, the engine, as it
were, that supplies strength TO the body.
People Of bilious lymphatic temperaments
are apt to use drastic medicines 10 excess
d I'd ruin their constitutions. Once let
the insidiOus use of strong drugs under
mine the health and then nine times ont
of ton the system never rallies to its pris
tine condition. Exercise is food, 1t is
health, it is life. | have given my life 10
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
thing"
Exercise should be avoided early in
the morning before breakfast on an empty
stomach The air is very unwhoiesome
early in the morning, and until the sun
has purified il with its generous beams
10 breathe it freely is injurious. Malarial
and chest diseases are liable TO he taken,
hence the imperative necessity OF avoiding
early morning exercise. People who are
not professional athletes cannot stand the
fatigue of exercise before break fast, and
il even weakens the regular professional
ones who are ignorant. The system is
weaker when Il person rises than at any
9th er period during the day. | 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 devitalizing himself.
The proper way is TO rise an hour or SO
after the sun is up, take a light breakfast,
and after the meal has been thoroughly
digested then take the exercise. Then
good work can he 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' t 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 a cold
bath. Coming out to the natural tenn
perature of the air there is shock with
out any reaction. Young Maxwell, a
promising oarsman, killed himself in this
way. He leaped into the water from his
boat, took a cOngestive chill and died in
the hospital. The proper way to cool off
a man is the same as that of a 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 a pail of water, thor
oughly dissolved. During the cooling
process moderate walking should be
taken under blanket. There should
never be a 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 dietg'
''NO. for | differ materially from my
brother athletes. deprecate the use of
rare meat. Many suppose it is more
strengthening than well cooked meat, but
il is a great mistake, it requires a cast
iron stomach, one with great tone and
strength, TO digest rare meat, and the be
ginner, as rule, is not able to do il.
Nothing is well digested in the stomach
against which the palate revOlts. | can
not eat rare meat unless | spice il 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
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 a 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. !
quent cold baths without well supported |
vitality. 1t is wonder how many |
students live, any way"
rs thare a special weight in proportion |
to a mans height for him TO perform |
athletic feats'''
Yes II a man is feet high he should |
weigh from 1913 TO 10S 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 ) feet 4 inches, weight |
from 1!9 10 125 pounds; height 5 feet
inches, weight from 1873 to 140 pounds; |
height feet s inches, weight from 40 to |
$50 pounds; height feet Q inches, weight
from $50 to 1862 pounds; height feet 10
inches, weight from 162 to 112 pounds;
height 5 feet IL inches, weight from 172
to 1S2 pounds; height 9 feet, weight from
$50 10 1872 pounds. 1t will be found the
above figures show what the weight of
man should be in good condition accord
ing TO the size of his bone, neck, chest,
wrist, ankle and height, and, as a rule, if
his measurement does not compare closely
with these figures, he must be consider
ably out of proportion. New York Mail
and Express.