New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
WILL IN MUSCLE BUILDING.
EXERCISES PROMOTING THE PRACTICAL
APPLICATION OF ENERGY.
WORK WITH CONCENTRATION AND INTELLIGENCE
WILL ACCOMPLISH WONDERS

Evtfy Years
DRY OF physical development is brought forth It's
professor IS usually some needy and ingenious
athlete who finds that either athletics as such
do not pay. that his peculiaI physical prominence
should add 10 itself the dignity OF teacher Hence
sys,ems arise which combine Swedish movement S
with development through singing exercises light
cslisthenics which lead up TO chainbreaking tests;
theories which call for work with heavy weights
TO develop enormous iron muscles. or quick. vigor-
Gus movements on the rubber cable for compactins
sa.vicenble muscles OF the ndia-rubber order The
demand OF tho public the studen; OF athletics
brings out new combinations 10 suit the par
tcular need OF each.
There three types or schools of physical de-
velopment from which the professors" have drawn
their methods. One is suited to the naturally big
maa starting with large vitality and strong sinew.
Hard work and sensible living have made him
vha. he is so his method Is only an extension Of
his previous training. lie takes to heavy dumb
bells long runs and a vigorous bu; hearty diet in
other words, IL Is the training of the o!d-;lme
prizcfShtcr-and properly So for this style OF man
wants tc make Of himself a powerfully aggressive
animal. Tho second system is something OF con-
trast and is due par,ly TO reaction in public
opinion against ring methods. partly TO the fact
tina: many Of slighier build could noi Keep
10 such a rapid pace. This method employs light
ches;weights and dumbbeiis but with the motions
porsevcringly repeated many times.
MUSCLE OF SLOW GROWTH.
The result is q good supply OF fnuScle OF IAN
quality. bu: OF slow growth. However that is in
ts favor FOR muscle that develops rapidly is usually
coarse. Its hardness Is due TO the large amount
OF silicon deposited in the tissue surrounding the
fibre vnch does the actual work. Exercise tears
dawn old tissue and nature supplies new H. III
This process OF selection, the cells are compelled
10 work TOO quickly, then they take anything that
comes 10 hand. usually The coarsor matter which
has less tensile endurance. The slower system OF
DEVELOPMENT thus gives the cells more time 10 select
go:d materials. The result is : bundle OF small
conDac,iy arranged muscle of greater elasticity
and creator endurance This second method Is the
one prevalent in most Of the great college gym
naeI,ln1s although fellows found who pursue
the more SNOWY method OF handing l"-pouHu oe'is'
rre thi,d method is more ingenious, having GER
tain uhllosorhicGl basis. But. coming as Ii doeS
rom tho minds Of crratiC scniuscs, II usually mas
number Of freak attachments. 1t Is practlSed Dy
pto,le CT the nervous mental type and by various
exponent q the Dolsartcan philosophy OF expires
sion. Il is based The principle that the natural
lines Of force lines OF grace, hence gracelnl
pastures are assumed and sustained. combined
spondngly forccful attitude. 1t is only fair TO
state that surprising results have Dten a!iaintu
Land who weighed over 200 pounds. and run with
MIN for fifty yards Other professors ,eacn thelr
TO go through the mental operations. meanwhile
keeping the will tense. These three meihods are
used simply and in combination, as best suits the
wills while training the body hence the las
method has fewer adherents; Yet in the method
which develops and directs the mental force Tiers
IL mere consistency regard for the principle
that mans physical and mental natures work in
clearly the idea that each should work with and
support the other The body is a machine, and as
more attention the sources whence il is derived
After all is said on the physiological side OF physi
cal development. the fact cannot be disregarded
that the mind plays its part i'm the impulse direc;
being the source of will and will being factor in
human movements he NECESSITY OF mental con-
centration be seen 20 be OF prime Importance
in physical development.
DEFICIT IN EFFECTIVE FORCE,
An analysis of the stress and strain that cross
sections OF human muscle and sinew could endure
would show that few men with even symmetrical
muscular development come anywhere near their
real lifting capacity by many hundred pounds. The
normal athlete lift in the aggregate some 200
or $500 pounds. but the man who can lift 1000
: 900 pounds make living in dime museum. !
However. science shows that man is built TO do |
much more 1a,,. work than that The records of
the normal state would faint after having lifted |
times that weight from one finger All this goes
TO prove that the physical body can be used as a
provided the force of the mind is properly brought
10 bear. 1t seems. then, that there is limitation
chine made up Of compound levers The fact is
that In most Americans there is not that nervous
physical capacity Men have not opened freely the
channels through which their nervous force may
he consciously directed in physical matters.
Strength is the practical knowledge OF how TO
This of e ag of the
nervous system is commonly called skill. Many
not know how to send the force into the regular
required TO produce maximum speed
Of mile OF clumsy rowing. exhausts them. A
woman can put her nervous 'uliy into sweePing
broom in hand. Fear and many emotions paralyze
must be applied through the right muscles. Some
Shen only N back hcaVe or ieg-heave IS needed
IN Of n 10 ae in %hd sa
amount OF mental energy serves to defect a
The Idea that man Is a machine gives the key.
note in physical development when 10 1t Is added |
ens % o 6G Gno M9 IN hep
ng the machine free from disease and enervating
w to the Of
ondae,or or instrument Of the will force The
distinct province for the attention and effort Of
ON Re a sS Of 5fe viii BY
numan dynam9 Strong s desires feed the engine
combined with constant effort 10 act and an |
intelligent selection Of the muscles to act With i
he mind must be kept free from all thought
he wish TO develop strength.
CONCENTRATION OF THE MIND.
Ten minutes steady exercise of this character
With a two-pound bell is enough for the first day,
fifteen minutes the second day and until .
strength is centred in the particular part being
educated. Begin first With the arms, using ihe
Weight in a dozen natural motions, then concep-
rate on the legs. in squatting and kicking OK
rcses: then develop the ba tx by swayng, bend
ng and twisting; then the neck and minor joints
md muscles: month of concentration of this
lind IN will force applied 10 the motions by means
4 the single desire will accomplish wonders.
Beginning with ten minutes. by the end or
month an hour OF work will cause but slight
atigue In the morning, after breakfast is d.
rested, the head Is clear for concentrated thought
fhe hear wi
ti.nuius However, any time will serve except
When the stomach is heavy with food for that is
he time when the food force is being stored in
he natural reservoir by the action of the blood.
his mode OF physical development gives the mem
al key TO the foodgates of force so that the mind
an send the currents sweeping TO the muscles
whenever physical action is called for.
ELECTRICALLY OPENED DOORS