The suburban citizen., 1901-03-23
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bAo PUNcHINo EoR WOMEN.
An Expert sSys 1t Makes the Thin Fat
and Vice Versa.

minutes 4 day for week woman
can do more to reduce her weight and
to preserve a firm figure than by OBJ
g0rving a rigid diet for six months"
say woman athlete
bag punching is the ideal indoor
exercise for women The object Of all
athletics Is, Of course, TO get the blood
to circulating rapidly and well. 1t is
the proper action Of the blood that
clears the complexion, builds up It's
sues and makes the thin woman fat,
or burns out unhealthy adipose tissues
and makes the stout woman thin.
Plenty Of good blood coursing fast
through the veins Is remedy for
nearly all physical ills that are remed-
liable.
"If woman has a complexion like
paste bag punching will start the slug
glsh blood in motion and give her n
skin the color Of peaches and cream if
anything will. Bag punching exercises
every muscle in the body, and espe-
cially those that have tendency to
take on fat. 1t develOpes the chest
and shoulders and neck and reduces
the waist Unlike fencing, it does not
require an antagonist Ten dollars
will buy a hrst-class light rubber
punching bag with framework sup
port, and a fairly good one can be had
for less money. This is all the para
phernalia necessary, except pair of
llghtweight-say ounce and a quarter
boxing gloves, which will cost from
seventy-fve cents to S125. Exercise
can be taken in evening dress or street
costume just as well as in the most
up-to-date gymnasium attire. A wom-
an will derive just as much benefit
from the most awkward bag punching
as from the most scientific.
with practice a puncher will learn
to strike the ball with the regularity
Of a piston rod. TO begin with, she
will merely play with it, and it will be
a very enjoyable exercise, because a
punching bag has some resistance to
it. Dumbbells are well enough in their
way, but they are very stupid and un-
interesting. One takes the exercise
because it is necessary and not be-
cause there is anything eXhilerating
in it. But with the punching bag it is
different One must be constantly on
the alert, and it is like playing against
an active opponent.
"In beginning it is necessary to OBJ
serve just two rules Suspend the bag
on a level with the shoulders and
strike straight out from the shoulder.
This stroke brings into play greater
number of muscles than any other,
and it tends to expand the chest and
gives a good poise to the neck. Al
ways hit the bag If possible a tri1e
above the centre and this will pre-
vent a rebound and bruised nose.
This, however, will be understood
with practice and it is a part of the
game to keep out of harms way.
bag punching Is almost if not quite
as valuable as fencing in making a
woman graceful in movement and
light on her feet, as the saying Is.
She will find in short while that the
easiest and best position for striking
the bag is to poise herself lightly on
the ball and toes of the feet, the right
foot little in advance Of the left.
This will give her sprlngy step and
and easy and graceful carriage.
"Ten minutes a day is long enough
for athletic exercises for the average
woman, or twenty minutes If she
wants to reduce her weight rapidly.
Punch the bag twenty-five times with
the right arm swing, rest few mo-
ments and then try twenty-five strokes
with the left hand. Strike with the
greatest regularity possible, and if
one is careful as l say, the punches
will soon fall with the regularity OF a
piston rod Then alternate one punch
with the right and another with the
left.
mark Twain's Punch, punch, punch
with care, about sums the matter up.
Keep at 1t. Don't exercise an hour
one day and then forget all about 1t
for a week; although l am a believer
in the theory that even little work is
better than none. washington Star.