The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-05-06

s WORK FOR HEALTH
s Exercise Absolutely Necessary TO Keep the
Body In Proper Physical Condition


The sedentary man Is like stag
nant pool. while the active man Is like
the mountain stream. In the stag
nant pool reptiles OF many descrip-
lions crawl and croak, and from II
nolson odors rise. The mountain
stream Is pure and sweet and crystal
clear.
The body IS form through which
a stream Of matter flows Exercise
is the means by which the movement
OF the stream Is accelerated 50 that
che blood is kept pure and the tissues
clean The Bible says that he that
will not work shall not eat. and Ma
ture says the same A man who In
sists upon eating. even though he
does not work, pays the penalty for
his violation OF natural law The food
he eats becomes poison in the It's
sues: his body is not only like the
staguant pool, but II becomes even like
a cesspool. and ready food for germs
Exercise increases the ability OF the
body 10 resist n disease. II encour-
ages every bodily function. creates
appetite for food and the ability 10
digest when eaten. II strengthens the
heart, clears the brain and enllvens
the spirit.
How much must one exercise How
much muscular work must one do 10
maintain good health? According no
recent English authorities the average
man should do, daily. work cquiya-
lent 10 climbing a perpendicular lad,
der onehalf mile or twentysiN hun
dred feet high II one lived la The
vicinity of Leukerbad. Switzerland or
in the ncighborhOod OF certain deep
mines, he might actually climb such
a ladder Ordinarily, some other more
convenient method OF exercise must
be adopted. II has been determined
that walking twenty feet on a level
at the rate OF three miles an hour. Is
equivalent 10 lifting the body pcrpen
dicularly the distance OF one foot
Hence. one may, II he chooses. walk
ten miles, instead OF climbing lad
der half mile high or course. hin
climbing and mountain climbing viii
accomplish the same thing as ladder
climbing, and II one chooses 10 DO
the work indoors. he may work out his
task In stair climbing Going up and
down flight OF stairs ten feet high is
equivalent TO raising tho body about
twelve feet perpendlcularly. Hence,
one might do the required amount OF
work by going up and down such a
flight OF stairs one hundred and sew
enteen times. But, first he may do
10 IL NH
and raising himself on his toes In
such exercise the body IS elevated
about three inches Hence. four heel
raisings would be equivalent 10 rails
ing the body one foot, and 10 raise the
body half n mile. or twenty-six hun.
dred feet, IL would be necessary 90
rise upon the toes ten thousand four
hundred times. One might easily eX
ecute this movement at the rate OF
one n second. which would he ifteen
feet a minute, or nine hundred feet
an hour, At this rate the days task
would be accomplished In about three
hours. But II would be very tiresomc
60 do the work IN this way for almost
lhe entire amount Of work would be
thrown upon single set OF muscles
by placing tho hands upon the back
OF a chair or upon table tho arms
may be used 10 assist ia lifting the
body so that the movements can be
executed much more easily More or
less weight can be thrown upon the
arms.
BY raising upon the heels and bend
ing the knees the body may be alter
natoly raised and lowered through
distance Of about two feet The exc
cutlon 81 such n movement requires
nearly four seconds, or fifteen 10 tho
minute The body would thus be llr
ed thirty times minute and an hour
and a half would be required 20 do
che days work BY placing weights
upon the shoulders the tate at which
the work is done would be Increased.
and time shortened But on the whole.
there is no method ~ accomplishing
the work so good as walking and par
tlcularly climbing Hill with mod.
erately steep grade
Bicycle riding, n not overdono IS
excellent exercise To accomplish thu
same amount ~ work riding a bicy
Gle. one must cover about four times
tho distance required FOR walking
Most city people. outside the labor
ing classes. take far too little Cxcr-
else. As result the deficient oxida
tion OF the body wastes and the accu
mutation OF uric acid and other tissue
poisons after n time result In rhcum
atism, neurasthenia, apoplexy, prema
ture old age and great variety of
disorders which may be traced moro
or less directly to uric acid aeeumulaa
tion.
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