Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-10-03
BENEFITS OF EXERCISE.
The Human Body What We Make it.
Change Of Occupation Reslful.

Paper xT ny Prof. X. ;. Krantz Asst.
Physical Instructor 4. :. Naval Academy.l
The human body is what we make
It. Modern conditions of living and
labor are responsible, TO great de-
gree. for a deplorable lack Of organic
vigor, especially among the people Of
our cities. This tendency to physical
degeneration is due principally to the
lack Of muscular exercise involved in
sedentary employments.
The man who works at bench or
sits in an Office must pay the price
with his life sooner or later by the
abridgment of its power day by day,
by being cut off before his time or in
the degree of health and longevity of
his children unless some means is
found to counteract the physical de-
terioration which logically results
from his occupation.
The commonest results of lack of
muscular exercise are STOPPING
posture. fat chest. protruding abdo-
men. weak, fabby muscles, inefficient
heart-aetion and constipation. head
aches, lassitude and disinclination to
exertion-in short, a general lack of
organic vigor.
The best remedy for these condi-
tions is to revert to mans normal
mode of living out of doors. Since
outdoor occupations are few and this
manner of life is impracticable for
most men, exercise in the gymnasium
have been devised to meet, as far as
possible, the need. Regular syste-
matte exercise will do much to coun-
teract the evils which spring from
the intense mental application and
the close confinement involved in the
civilization of today.
Do not think that after hard
days work you are to tired to do ply
steal work. Change of occupation is,
in itself, rest. but when the change
is in the nature of a recreation you
will find yourself surprisingly rested
and reinvigorated thru and thru.
When exercising you are using vari-
Gus muscles that, no matter what kind
/ of, or how hard the work you may
be doing, lie dormant. And to you
may be applied the illustration oil
| the horse.
Two horses live respectively one
| in hilly, the other in level country.
| A conditions being equal, which one
lives the longer? Invariably the an.
swer comes, the horse working in tn,
level country. No, just the opposite
The horse working in level country
uses one set of muscles continually
Ebo,a for ,,,,I1;nor ,,bfIas 4hoea e. hoIl
| ing lie dormant aud wither thru lack
of usage, whereas the horse working
in the billy country uses both, getting
an all-round development, resting al,
ternately each set of muscles.
Above all, however, get plenty of
| good fresh air. If it is impossible
for you to take gymnasium exercises,
| you can at least take breathing exer.
else. They improve the CARR lge, in.
crease the strength of the living It's
sue the size of the exterior chest anC
give fexibility to the chest walls.
Oxygen is as essential to life as is
food. Therefore, breathe fresh air
1t purifies the blood. Light shallow
breathing means imperfect filling oil
the air cells and incomplete aeratior
or cleansing of the blood.
Respiration should be deep and full
Practice breathing exercises in con.
nection with your walking, running,
etc. Create the demand for deer
breathing by exertion. Take long
deep breaths whenever you go out OF
doors. Deep breathing is a tonic; il
tones up the system and stimulates
the heart action. Fullness of llft
and plenteous supply of oxygen are
inseparably associated.