The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-21
EXERCISES FOR BUSY MEN
HOW TO WALK, HOW TO BREATHE
and TO OVERCOME STIFFNESS.
A Few Exercises All the Physical Culture
Necessary--Wh the Policeman Is
Fat and the Postman Is Thin.

Physical culture Is more than the busy
Office mans substitute for manual labor.
Manual labor like everything else In the
field of human endeavor, is so specialized
In the modern days that the workman de-
yelops only one set Of musclcs--those need.
ed In his task Of ditch digging, or what
ever he may be engaged in doing.
Even these muscles are not developed
properly by manual labor. Notice the la
borcr digging in the street. when he
throws shovel of dirt into a cart. he does
il. not so much by the use Of the muscles
Of his arms, as by the characteristic ia
borers swing that he gives to his whole
body. Il is this swing that makes the
Italian lnborer bony. for It interferes with
the proper development OF the muscles that
he is supposed to bring into active play
while earning his daily bread.
Indeed physical culture is as necessary
FOR the street laborer. II he would secure
all around development, as for the man
who makes his way through the world
with schemes born out of his brain Cor.
rect physical culture unlike manual labor,
gives exercise to and develops every muscle
ia the body II lets no one set of muscles
gain prodomiuance over another group
thus making Il man strong In one spot ana
leaving him weak and habby and an easy
prey for disease 10 other parts.
There are many physical culture systems
some intricate, some simple, some based
on common sense, and some not. The sim
pier the exercise the better II Is, aud com
mon sense must always be present IN phys
lcnl culture as In everything else that Is
good
one OF the simplest and best ways 70
indulge IN physical culture Is 60 walk-tu
M
incorrectly, with his body In some sucn
shape as shown In figure . Hc gets no
benefit from walking, for HIS head ana
shoulders being thrown forward cramp
his chest and keep him from hiling his
lungs with the fresh, braciug air that puri.
Hes his blood and helps TO build up mus
Gle. Before one can expect TO be lSnehted
by walking, one must learn to stand cor
rectly-to stand ms in figure /, This posi-
tion Is known as the soldier pose" It's
characteristics are head up, shoulders back,
chest out, abdomen In. arms straight ana
along the sides Of the body, the knees and
heels touching, and toes forming an angle
~ 90 degrees. Practice diligently before
looking glass until the position is obtained,
and then you are ready for n walk.
But don't walk aimlessly Fnd over the
same courses .40vp some object in view
and, II possible. walk with someone lie
who walks without q companion or without
an object, soon feels his legs growing
heavy and he tires before covering a halr
dozen city squapres. lie who walks with a
goal iu view, or with SOMEONE 20 talk to-
can walk for miles and not feel tired.
THE POLICEMAN AND THE POsTMAN
The policeman is q good example or the
man who never varies his course OF Walk
and who walks aimlessly. A splendid physl.
cal specimen when he goes on the force
usually he must pass rigid physical ex
aminatiou-in a few years Of walking on
stt..
mold his attention, he becomes nabby ana
fat. But for a shining example Of the man
with an object IN view, take the letter car.
rier, True, his route is the same day IN
and day ont, but he has something 70 DC
cupy his mind and attention. he must LOOK
sharp, or helll get his letters mixed. Ana
the letter carrier who ever saw q letrsl
carrier with q big, dropping, protrodlng
abdomen and a fat, clumsy bodyf Every
mothers son OF them Is wiry aud muscular.
The average business man, I'm sorry 10
say, when he walks doesn't take the letter
carrier as his ideal
The exercises here given will help one 70
obtain the proper carriage necessary TO
health, for walking, and for ali forms Of
physical culture. At the same time they
win strengthen and build M the muscles
proOcient Of once; II win take constant
practice each day-tcu or dtteen minutes
on rising and the same length OF time be-
fore rotlTing,to enable you 10 do The eN.
orclse correctly and with comparative ease. !
But II YOU value health and VOL
rroomed body, keen eyerlastlngly az 4, as
YOU do at your business, and you VIII he
rewarded ny having glowing. healthy
body that 10 show its gratitude 10 you for
giving It "plnk" condition. VIII multiply
your business capacity a hundredfold.
Exercise LII You have hcen standing for
years MS 10 hgufe .. II will be impossible
for you 20 hold your body for any leugth
Of time as shown In hguFe ]. no overcome
elsl 3 nfs,aIun et-s An
ends Put Ii behind the head and neck
ana rest Il slowly on the shoulders Then
slowly push up the stick, lnh0linR deeply
az the same time. when the arms are al
thoir highest point, throw them back. hens
the knees and lean the body back ward as