The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
gives athletes speed strength, and last

gives athletes speed strength, and last
ing power.
"A professional strong man came into
my gymnasium one day and said, u
would like to be boxer
"a boxer eh." replied. what
makes you think you would make o
good boxer?"
"Why. am as strong as a lion. Just
come In here and will show YOU"
And then this strong man went into my
gymnasium and took the heavy weights
and the heavy punching bag and tossed
them around like feathers. In moment
he was putting and blowing like por-
poise, but he stepped back and looked
at me with smile. He certainly was a
picture Of strength. The muscles stood
out all over his body in big knots. From
head to foot he was one mass of knotty
protruding cords.
Glow is that for starter?" he said
was pitful to me. Walking over to ono
sldo OF the room took set Of boxing
gloves from the wall and handed him a
pair. Following my lead he put them
on
It took mo about two minutes to show
that man how useless, un weldly and im-
practicable his muscles were. Flo landed
himself like a cart-horse. He was as
slow on his feet as messenger boy. His
brain acted as did his muscles slowly
and st!ftly Although big man, weigh
Ing perhaps two hundreds pounds. he did
not make as good showing with me aH
many amateur lightweights with whom
had put on the gloves
I think I showed him clearly the USE
lessness Of his heavy weight-liftins
muscles. They were good for one thing
the service for which they had been
trained.
Like every athlete In his profession he
was muscle-bound. Those huge masses
of muscle, gained at the expense of many
hours OF hard work, were for all prac-
teal purposes Of no more use that n
hand organ would he to shipwrecked
sailor on a raft In the middle of the At
lantic Ocean.
In fact such muscles servo TO help
shorten ones life, The musc!e-bound
man, with every tiber OF his body
drawn to tension that pulls at the We
heartstrngs. most frequently dies with
what Is known as an athletes heart"
A muscle-bound man is worse than a
bound horse, He Is as awkward
and ungainly as crocodile would be IN
ballroom. Take fim away from his
CHOSEN profession ana no Is az AZ sea,
He Is Il frghtful object lesson against the
Use OF heavy dumb-bells, or heavy
weights OF any kind.
The man or boy who wants to become
quick, strong, and clever must avoid tho
Use OF heavy weights as carefully as
though they We're poisonous snakes
They completely destroy all that supple
ness and agility which mark every de-
tail of the clever athletes work.
A man who is u runner, jumper, box,
erin fact, anything except heavy
weight llfter-can have no use for Knot
ty, unwleldy masses Of strength,
Even our best wresters nowadays re-
cognze the fact that muscles OF that kind
arc Of no use to them. They know thar
there are right and wrong muscles lust
as well as they know there Is rig
and wrong way to wrestle. They know
that such muscles bring them premature
old age and early DEATH
Thus 1t Is that every ambitious young
athlete should strive to train his mus
Giles In the proper way. Light dumb-
bells, indian clubs and other muscles
building weights should never be for
saken.
100 not uss heavy WEIGHTS.
Do not exercise too much,
(Copyglghted, 1901. by A, ]. prexel Bid,
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