Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-04
ADVICE TO ATHLETES.
Over Exercising Is More Dangerous
Than None.

This is IL" advent Of The season when
tho thoughts OF some young men turn
idly to the muses.. and Of others very On
ercctcally to then prnwcSs III athletic
fields ard I" the Hctiv" development OF
their muscles" said Il wcll-knowm ply
stefan, himself Al athlete. so Il word 10
;hc WDuld-hc Young Shadows of the CAPT
tai VIII not be ;tmisS.
The cbulIitipn ol youth and the i'll
Stn"tiVC emulation Of the strong and tit"
Skillful has been tlI" illdong OF many Il
useful care +. and this is one OF the hard
est problems that physicians inter- Stcd
i'll the matter and athlct;c teachers. have
to contend with. IN their haste to excel
thcir fellows in tie sports Of the day, ana
in tl.'Ir INTENSE desire to put %. muscle.
tho three organs which aIc brought most
irrcibN into activity in the attainment
OF tljs end are either overlooked or for
gotten by tn" Subject. and they are the
h"dIt. lungs auG kidneys. The young
htlll"t" absorbed only III the enlargement
and tn" strengthening OF his physical
frame, Iuti,'S from time to time that
p"rhaiS MS heat is humping like Il trip
hammer beneath the embroidered emblem
81 lis Cn!lc9C or club uprn his sleeveless
exercise shirt 9" that his breath is COM
ll'S IN short quick Fa&pS, which for liz,
I'lll'' ~ is ilID Il l'tlIlS hl temporary
weakness (which ne GocS not understand
Hut ne IOcs on JUS; IN" same In som"
instances. however. The warnings are
sufficiently @tron" u bring Linn - ply
SiCIan office Tor AN examination az t.
that little sharp PAIN l,r has. His sur
IlIS' is very 81 at whcI y" : informed
that His heart IS diStrudcI ;lhuurmally. or
that th"I" iS 4 pulmonary affection which
h" 'AIS the last person N the world ["
SuSlr ct
in ~ p,g cent uf the cases this la
ncnttb!c result may be traced directly 10
Il condition precedent which is briefly
summed NJ in two words. oV.r-rXercise.
Her. is Wh,r" the difficulty cores in tn
diif''rcntiat" as to I'll" proper amount of
"N'r"is" to fiji the Individual case. The
great trouble is that weak men attempt
and aGpir" to the deeds Of the strong, and
that til" strong ovcrCo themselves TO the
point Of exhaustion Of the organs III TurS
tnn. ENr'I physical instructors err IRE
'ilcntlN in this respect as ~ the ability Of
tiIoSr under their supervision. and iii this
instance tic effect j. douhly bad for the
reason that Tn" Young athlete relies upon
what the professor saws. Now rowing.
for instance. is Il particularly hard cXer-
els" upon the heart and lungs; it would
he slow suicide for man with these
organs weak t. got into a shell or barge.
To mon Who oVer-c xCrciSe in their Young
e" dA%S it means certain trouble and I'M
pleasant restrictions upon daily conduct
in after life
here. Let me say to tho cxubcrant Young
Sans onS Of Our locrl Ithlcti" ticldS-Ep
-lowlv. Ten years hence Won may wish
N"I hrd now Thought less Of the siz" Of
ynUr Ulcers ana more of tic CorGitinu of
Your blood pumping apparatus. Before
looming Your cXCrciS" clothes for the sea-
$ N =" To Your physician ana have Your
"cif examined. and rcn"At it every wear
that YOU aspire to athletic hOnOrS II *
dangerous to tax" Things for granted
N!"n "" can soc th"m. ana when We
can't. it Nous tn" sam" hastv dennis.