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there; but how often do you Ind one with every
muscle n his body perfectly and numerically
Developed Not in one case out OF ten thou
sand. In the other nine thousand nine hun.
dred and ninety-nine eases the development, 10
ceps has a poor chest, lie With line calf has
very inferior DEVELOPMENT in tbs upper part Of
oles are, in the majority of trained men. almost
non-eNistent; and they are roaliy the most Inn.
ing links Of the Whole fabric. The muscles
Which appear on the surface are valuable, bue
Deeper dHsy are seated nei h sa,Ss"R peri part .n TO play Wni in SUPP @Ts
are at work. Further. many OF tho chief in
ternal organs are largely muscular: II the ma
chine Is 10 work smoothly aud safely they must
be sufficiently strong to bear The strain i'm;
muscles. Muscular, Development must. bS
distributed equally al! over, inside and out. If
with a huge, arm may, be aItue!.y. weaker than
another individual with only half his develop
propoFtionntely powerful. These, then, are, I
think, tho great mistakes of training: instead
OF cndeavoring to build up the body gradually
In ;naturc's own way. 1t aims at deyoloping by
violent methods certain muscles which are re-
CURED for the performance of specific feats,
expense of Other portions Of The frame, and this
IS the radicai- mistake. The Athlete may say,
muscles / require for my work; that is all 1
care about" My reply would DO thai. granting
he is foo!hardy enough not 70 mind running the
risk OF running his constitution. he will surely
pause whom l tell him TINT this is not the way
TO develop TO their fullest extent even these
particular muscles which are his special care.
Most athletes understand, what Is meant BY
being "mqsc!c.houEd." That is. they realize
from which it arises. l. is Simply due to the
unequal development of antagolistic sets OF
rarely ind tina, a man With, Very large biaeps
Is n quick or hard. hitter, The reason is OBJ
yious; While no has cultivated his pulling
back or the arm ,the tricepsD have been. com.
taratiye!y speaki9E; nes.ected; consequently
dons OF the biceps shorten. owing TO this, the
idea is very prevalent that big h,iceps arc detrt-
sense. II tho triceps were equally well do
ve.orcd they would neutraliIe the pulling.in
tendency ot,the hiceps and there would not be
the slightest difficulty in shooting out the arm
hard and straight. So with many other groups
OF muscles. For practical purposes it is q.
opod al all than developed uneQually.
Let tho would-be athlete live his ordi.
him eat and drink what his fancy dictates and
what experience has.taught him agrees with
e do SO. He need not deny. himself nor i've :
life of strict asceticism. But If no exercise every
on9 Of his mnscles1n turn aud PVT his mind as
fectly astouniod with the results. l have taken
two mon. Of about Tho same weight strength,
and general muscular Development. One havS
had trained in the ordinary way, tho other ]
have=taken in hand myself. Then they have
both strength and agility. The latter has wo2
easily; To mako doubly sure l have then re.
myself and allowed tho second to be trainedj
and after a couple Of months or 30 put them
together again. My system, has again trh
WINGED that the trained man Is far inferior In
every way TO one nurturcd by the natural and
reasonable methods ! advocate, but l would like
TO have q chance In demonstrate this to the
word. Oxford has been victorious in tho uni.
versity boat race for some years past; give me
the Cambridge crew and soc what I WIN make
OF them. | ain no rowing expert; they must
tSehn 'o as IS cu G1aSneS; i Sa'; me n I,.Ie the S' cb nsln.H q
thoul when they are out of the boat Pro.
vided they have been taught to row properly
they shall win, II superiority in muscle, wind,
and general vitality On. do IL. | guarantee no
such crew will ever have been seen in u unis
vcrsity eight or amy other racing boat before.
EUGES SANDoW.