The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-27

! contend that heavy exercise is better than
! light. because you can accomplish so much
more in a shorter time This, by the way,
was one of Ben jamin Franklin's theories, but
| it is wrong. The intelligent reader will imme-
| diately perceive that it isn't how hard you
squeeze the muscle, but how many times In
/ other words, it is better to lift one pound
dumbbell ten times than ten pound dumb
! bell once Heavy exercise also has two dis
astrous results. 1t has first tendency to
make one stiff jointed or muscle bound"
which is common complaint among athletes,
but not 50 common as it used to be; and sec
ond, one is liable to strain himself The
muscles, when in good condition, should be
soft and pliable when relaxed, and when con-
tracted, should be firm. Not necessarily rocky,
but hard
WHEN AND HOW TO EXERCISE.
The first question which people ask is:
"When and how shall exercised" In clean
ing sponge any time is the best time but a
muscle is little different from sponge. 1t
has life, and its supply of blood is sometimes
diminished; for instance, just after a meal,
when the blood flows to the stomach to make
more of its kind. The best times to exercise
are in the morning before breakfast, in the af-
ternoon, and at night an hour before retiring.
The almost insurmountable difficulty about
exercising is the perseverance it takes to keep
it up. But habit rules the world, and if one
gets into the habit of exercising at certain
time every day he will, after time, find it
fastened on him. He will also feel so much
benefit from the increased circulation of the
blood and from the "tone" which he gets
that his daily exercise will become almost q
matter of necessity. 1t is not the purpose of
this article to discuss the different methods
of exercising. They are countless. But any
thing that squeazes muscle is good. a pair
of two pound dumbbells will answer every
purpose, and there are scores of books show
ing their uses. As a simple method of testing
the effects of exercise, say for instance that
you are troubled with dyspepsia. Lie down
fat on the floor OH your back and then rise
up in q sitting posture. When you are rising
up put your hand just over your stomach
and you will notice that there are two small
Jumps there. At first they will be so small
that you may not be able to detect them.
You may have difficulty in lifting yourself
up more than two or three times at first, but
the strength will increase every day, and
every day the two humps of muscle will grow
larger. Try it for a month or two and you
will whistle for your dyspepsia
Here are few pointers:
Exercise in little or no clothing.
Have plenty of fresh air.
Study the different muscles and note what
particular exercises tire particular muscles.
BATHING.
There has been great deal written about
bathing. The surface of the skin is punctured
with millions of little holes called pores The
duty of these pores is to carry the waste mat
ter off. For instance, perspiration. Now, if
these pores are stopped up they are of no use,
and the body has to find some other way to
get rid of its impurities. Then the liver has
more than it can do. Then we take liver
pill when we ought to clean out the pores
instead. The housewife is very particu-
lar to keep her sleeves in good order; after
she has strained substance through them
they are washed out carefully with water,
because water is the best thing known. That
is the reason water is used to battle in. But
the skin is a little different from q sieve, be-
cause it is willing to help along the process
itself. All it needs is a little encouragement
and it will accomplish wonders. What the
skin wants is rubbing. If you should quietly
sit down in tub of water ami as quietly get
up and dry of without rubbing, your skin
wouldn't be much benefited
The water would make il little soft,
especially if it was warm. But rubbing is
the great thing. Stand where the sunlight
strikes part of your body, then take dry
brush and rub it, and you will notice that
countless little flakes of cuticle fly off. Every
time one of these flakes is removed from the
skin your body breathes sigh Of relief. An
eminent German authority contends that too
much bathing is a bad thing. There is much
truth in this Soap and water are good
things to soften up the skin, bat rubbing is
what the skin wants. Every morning or
every evening, or when it is most convenient,
wash the body all over with water and a
little ammonia, or anything which tends to
make the water soft; then rub dry with q
towel, and after that go over the body from
top to toe with a dry brush. Try this for two
weeks, and your skin will be like velvet. In
conclusion let us sum up:
Get all the fresh air you can
Exercise at least thirty minutes day.
Keep the pores Of your skin open.
These are the sign posts on the road to good
health. TON MASON