The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-18
HOW TO BE STRONG.
THE MOST POWERFUL MAN on
EARTH GIVES ADVICE.
Eugene sandow Thinks Physical and
Mental Decay Go Together-He
Does Not Advise Hard Trailing
The Gospel of Moderation-The
Best Exercise.

Eugene sandow. the strong man.
who is lionized by the fair sex and
marveled at by the stern sex, where
ever he goes. has written the follow
ing, which will be of interest generally
and to our amateur athletes particu-
larry:
A sound mind goes with a sound
body. 1t was Horace, 1 believe, who
uttered this aphorism 1000 years ago.
The same rule holds good today. The
two are inseparble concomitants- A
man or a woman to attain the zenith
of intellectual power must be at his
or her best physically. The world Is
full of proofs of this truism. Two
cases in point will suffice Bismarck,
the grand old man of the Fatherland.
began to show signs of mental decay
ten years ago, when he was overtaken
by kidney and liver troubles, brought
on by inertia and excessive indul-
genees in food and drink When he
rernedied these by medical treatment
and judicious amount of daily exer-
else, he quickly regained his intellec-
tual vitality.
So. too, with your renowned states
man, the late James G. Blaine. He
displayed the greatest breadth of mind
when his physical powers were the
greatest w HeH lHeS USSdu 10 waite
his mental strength began to sap.
Mind you, there are weak and even
sick men and women who possess re-
markable intellectual vigor. They are
generally those whose cerebral quail
ties-always greater from birth-de-
velop at the expense of their physical
ones. I rigidly maintain, however
that in these cases the body was
equally attuned with the mind from
hofr- ms
( be all the greater.
How can health be acquired? Sim
! ply by observing the laws of nature
! Eat, drink, sleep. walk, run and eX
ercise in moderation-in other words
train, not as fighters and jockeys do
but as God intended you should do
The boxer and the rider go through
fearful and arduous exercise for few
weeks to prepare themselves for a con
test of skill and endurance which may
last a minute or a day. My advice
to you, my fellow men and women, i:
to train lightly and constantly to pre-
pare you, not for one fleeing contest
but for the enduring battle of life
Train properly then, to get strong
for strength is health, and health Il
intellectual power, and the last named
attribute, as we all know, conquer
I success in life.
How will you gain strength and 1T
accompanying blessings2 | will tel
you as pithily and succinctly as | cal
and not follow the rule of many au
thorities on training, who confuse in
stead of enlighten by the multiplied.
of their Instructions I will unfold
system the merits of which are eXem
plified in the upbuilding of my owl
physical frame. AS / said before, eat
drink and sleep in moderation. Walk
vary by running if you have the con
veniences-a distance every day, &C
Ecording to your physical condition whel
you begin training. Some men cal
walk ten miles day without hurting
/ them. Others could not walk two with
out experiencing fatigue. Women, o
4 course. should not begin with the sam
1 amount of work as men. A. walk O
one mile, or, at the most. three, j
enough for them. Quit when you &c
tired. You are not boxer. oarsmar
Splinter or other kind of athlete, an
the question Of "gameness' does no
enter here. Never overtask yourself
Overwork is worse than no work a
all. Your own feelings will tell 70
:. when to quit.
Above all things joins some gynna
SUM or athletic club. To your out
door exercise add that of light dumb
bells in your indoor work. Be Garrett
; not to touch heavy bells out of an
feeling of rivalry or false pride an
essay feats you see others you thin
you interiors performing. They al
built up. You are not. The lighte
the bells you try the better. Fro1
two ounces to two pounds will d.
Use the simplest motions-backwar
forward sideways and every Othe
. way. Any athletic instructor ca
teach you them all in short orde
Stop when tired and resume when 20
: are fully recuperated. Do not go i
too strong at first. You can increas
the amount of your work when 70
feel yourself growing stronger. 70
should always feel invigorated and NJ
weak after exercise. If you exper
D ence the latter sensation. you may /
sure you have piled on too niue
, work. This is the great danger to L
avoided. If you do not avoid it, yo
will grow weaker instead of strOnge
/ If you thus maintain a constant sy!
tematic use of light dumbbells, direc
ed to the development of the body {
l d whole, in addition to following II
other instructions l have impaired
I will guarantee that in a. year you wi
be bigger in brain and body and wi
0 have no use for physics or physician
And note the fact that by keeping L
0 the good work throughout life you wi
: become bigger. better, brainier ar
healthier every year.
EUGEN SANDOW.