Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-22
FIVE MINUTES EXERCISE.
=, Man May Find Ample Gymnasium APP
paratus in His Walking Stick.

There are good many men who know
they need some physical exercise daily,
but who put off beginning it from year to
year Oh account of the time they think it
would take away from their business
hours. Few men seem to be aware that
five minutes spent daily or even three
times a week in exercises properly selected
for bringing out all the principal muscles
of the body are sufficient to set the blood
coursing freely to the eXtremities, to stim-
ulate the heart, to massage the bowels, to
stir up the liver, to strengthen the limbs,
to straighten the shoulders and increase
the capacity of the lungs.
This is n good deal to claim for five min
utes' exercise, and seems to suggest the
use of elaborate gymnastic apparatus. 1t
is not too much, as has been proved, and
all the apparatus required is ordinary
walking stick. Elaborate systems of eXer-
else look more promising of results at the
first glance, but they consume time
busy men generally drop them after few
trials.
Mr.. c. p. Lenhart, physical instructor of
the Manhattan Athletic club, who is a
graduate of a medical college, but aban-
doned his practice of curing diseases and
devoted his energies for the last ten years
to the prevention of them by means of
physical culture and the proper observance
of hygienic rules, and who has met with
a striking example of well developed man
mood, recommends the following exercises
to busy men on rising in the morning or
just before going to bed at night, in order
that all the organs of the body may per-
form their natural functions:
For the upper part of the arms: Grasp
the cane firmly at both ends with the
hands and hold it across the chest, letting
the middle of the cane rest on the breast,
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ward and down to the full length of the
arms rapidly and return to position on the
chest, accenting the upward movements
Continue this for thirty seconds. Holding
the cane As before, push the arms straight
above the head full length, taking long,
full breaths. Continue this for thirty sec
onds more.
IF the arms poorly developed this
may be repeated after the other exercises
are completed. When the arm is doubled
up so that the fist is near the shoulder, the
biceps ought to measure about two inches
more in circumference than the forearm.
For the muscles of the sides: With the
arms at full length above the head and the
hands grasping the cane as in the end of
the last exercise, swing from side to side
as far possible; time, thirty seconds.
Here pause and take two long, deep
breaths of five seconds each.
ITO strengthen the muscles of the back
and rid the abdominal muscles of fat:
Holding the cane as in the last position at
arms length above the head, bend forward
and bring the cane as near the floor pos
siblc without bending the knees or elbows;
then swing as far backward as possible
without losing your balance. Do this
briskly for thirty seconds.
This viii make Il large waist smaller #
persisted in. 1t i good for lumbago also,
and will help those who bend over a desk
all day
To strengthen the forearm: Grasp the
cane in the middle with one hand and eX-
tend it at arms length On level with the
shoulder. Then twist the csne back and
forth, like the spolcs of = wheel, for TWEEN
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