The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-04
HOW TO BECOME POWERFUL
SandOw Gives Some Pointers
About Taking Exercise.
1t Is Not Difficult to Develop the
Muscles.
The Strong Man Has Well Dsfiued
Ideas Upon this subjset-What
One Should and should
Not Do.

"You ask me the best way to get
strong" remarked Sandow yesterday
afternoon at the Hollenbeck, speaking
good English with noticeably Teutonic
accent.
ut is easy to tell and difficult to ac-
comphsh," said the strong man, who at
the time looked very much like weaker
mortals in his conventional cutaway
coat and light trousers.
81 have given my views often, but IL
they are of any use at all, repetition
will not do any HARM"
So saying, Sandow talked earnestly
and entertainingly upon the subject to
which he has given so much thought,
emphasizing his enthusiasm at times
with a delicate poke in the chest that
made the recipient think an elephant
had showed him.
Il think" be said, "thst it is within
the power OF nearly everyone to develop
their muscular strength and furnish
sound body for their brains to work in.
OF course not all alike, because it is only
natural that the degree of development
should he as various as human nature
itself.
81 am believer in will power having
a very decided bearing upon the extent
to which physical development may be
carried. know that it is 80 in my own
Gaze, and have no reason to doubt that
it follows as rule. Without it | could
not possess the power over different
muscles in my body which can con-
tract or relax at will. 1t is by the culti
walton of this subsection of my muscles
to my will that l have succeeded in
carrying forward their development to
such a marvellous degree that it aston
ishes even myself. Muscles that in the
general run of people are dormant and
over which they exercise no control, are
subject to my will and obedient to its
slightest manifestation. 1t ia by the
exercise of all these muscles by various
devices and motions that an equal mus
cular development has been possible.
II know very well that l am not
perfect man, ss my manager frequently
has for purposes of advertisement said,
but know also that by the application
OF certain broad principles L have devel-
oped all the muscles of my body and
have acquired almost perfect physical |
control over myself.
You want to know, l suppose, what |
particular exercise take? To one who |
has persistence for a good cause it is |
simple. | have no very long and rigid |
set of rules. | eat aud drink pretty
much what l like, although | drink in
never have found smok
ing to hurt me and enjoy it very much;
but that too, | do in moderation.
Il am not much of an advocate myself
If great deal that goes on in gymnasi-
ans. What man may do on the
ground is best, think. do not care
much for monkey tricks on the horizon.
tai bars and all that. l have used I,
dumb bells more than anything else and |
have found that by various motions
with them | have been able to bring
nearly every muscle into play. The
iumb bells l use are light also. One !
San even exercise certain muscles while
sitting down. Ihave done 80 frequently. |
1t is not well to override. When l am
tired always stop and do not exhaust
myself unnecessarily.
The great point is to keep it up. l
have known people who started in with
a great deal OF enthusiasm to develop
their physical selves and it would lset |
about one week or one month. By that
time the desire hes oozad out of their |
WEAK DTAlHS huu tuoy WOuiu COn On |
in the even tenor of their weak physical |
lives. A reasonably sound man may
bring himself into admirable condition
by observing rules of sensible living,a and |
taking persistent though not long con-
tinued exercise.
81 very we'll remember how delicate l |
was as boy and forced myself many |
q time to exercise when | did not feel |
like 1t. 1t ia not a mysterious thing |
this development of the muscles. 1t |
does not need expensive apparatus and |
long rules. Boys and girls, men and |
women can do it all in their own homes !
with as much ease as in a gymnasium.
''Of course there are things have |
learned by study and long experience |
that the beginner does not know, and it |
is not really essential that he should do |
80 in order to cultivate a healthy phys
icsl personality. For instance. have !
made such a study of the different |
muscles of the human body that know
them all by their technical names and |
their exact location, and l can conse-
quently be more perfect in my cultiva.
ton of them. But nature takes good |
care of her own handiwork and the boy |