Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-04

length 10y hrnoing the knees and then im-
parting 10 the whole body Hu upward
movement ~ though the athlete were
jumping up straight. The hNl. uriug given
thi, movement WILL with pressure from
the aUu added. Zoe put II arms lcngth
much easier Than Il il wcrr >huy,,l slowly.
JuWpiGS or tossing up a bell cannot hc
compared ~ Uu exercise with putting II up
slowly, II Is - different frum the latter
method that separate records arc given for
each style.
The question i, often asked, by which
method can the heaviest weight he han
uledg' Somc strong armed athletes being
rather weak prupnrilutiItrly in their legs
cann0t jump mp a he'll. but 10y dropping the
body slowly n described clu easily put a
heavy weight up NJ am, length But it
ha, been proved that the average athlete
can jump up u heavier bell than he can
push slowly. But the difference in weight
is not 81 great as may Ia generally sup
posed. The record for jumping "A bell is
27g pounds, while the record for showing is
only fourteen pounds less.
Competitions are sometimes held ut
showing dumblells, where the athlete has Ia
maintain what j. called a soldicrly posi-.
ton. which means that he must Keep his
body perfectly straight. This. of course,
prevents the science Of getting under the
hell from being practiced, and strength Of
arm in this cast Is sure Ia win. There Is
no better way for al athlete 10 tell how
much difference there is between showing a
bell perfectly straight and getting under
meath one than by putting the side Of his
body opposite 10 the one used in showing
the bell against "A post or wall standing
in this position prevents the lateral and
downward motion 50 prominently shown
in the accompanying illustrations, and
puts one who is used Ia getting underneath
the bell utterly at SEA.
Another good way TO test actual strength
in showing dumbbells is to put up two at a
time, one in each hand. Ii can he seen
that no lateral motion can he used with
two bells and the athlete must stand
straight or he will rob Peter To pay Paul,
The only way that one can get under the
bell while showing two bells, Is To bend the
body way back while putting the weights
up, but this can I've done 50 slightly that IL
amounts almost Ia M thing. showing two
bells at "A time i, considered a magnificent
test of an athletes ability to shove weights.
The difference Of the records in showing
bells with one in each hand and n single
one is very great, and although adi pounds
has been showed slowly with one hand
when the other arm was free. the heaviest
yet put up with each arm, both being used
at the same time, j. III pounds apiece,
which j. less than half of the weight for
each arm which has been showed siugly.
The exercise Of putting mp bells affects
the muscles If the arms and chest. the
other muscles being hardly used. Nearly
all the men who have been nolei for shoy-
ing heavy weights had physiques which
looked top heavy, and there have been cases
where chest and arm development was car.
ried ON 10 such an extent for the purpose Of
making great dumbbell records that the
athletes below the waist were far worse off
than the average non-athlefic man would
be. Richard \. pennell was the first man
in America to put up a bell weighing over
100 pounds. In New York city in lsi+ he
made the record at putting mp n weight Of
aOl II pounds. He was very much muscle
bound in his chest and arms, and his walk
reminded one of1 he shuttle of an aged per-
son. lie could do nothing with his rims