The Washington herald., 1912-11-03

abdomen. which are the flrst to
give way on the approach of old
age They also give additional vi
tality to the internal organs of the
middle third of the BODY.
J. Exercise which strengthens the mus
cles Of the upper back. Hold your arms
out even with your shoulders, and de-
throwing them back of you az far as
possible. Then describe large circles.
throwing the hands up as far back and
as far down as possible. Do each exer-
else eight times as first and increase TO
sixteen times. Then do the dip: that is.
lie face down fun length on the carpet
and lift yourself up on your hands and
toes, keeping the body in straight line
all the time. BY thus building up the
muscles of the upper back you will In
time come to assume naturally a correct
carriage of the body; and this is a vital
factor to good health. as II insures i'm
proved breathing. d.
As these exercises are designed to give
you health rather than strength the
movements for the development Of the
arms and legs can be omitted. You
don't need to be a stong man nova
days, and. In fact. too much muscle II
detriment to q city man. for It II
usually built up at the expense OF the
vitality which no one who wants to live
q hundred years can afford to lessen In
any way. The kind of exercise for a
business man to take is composed OF
light. quick. snappy movements. with
q strong recreative feature attached.
Of course, one cannot get this recrea-
tive feature when exercising alone. and
for that reason II ID always better to
do your physical training as member Of
q gymnasium class.
II you are to keep up your exercise
year in and. year out this play elerpent u
very Important, AZ I have proven in my
own personal experience.
Fifteen years ago the r n. c. A.
class-work consisted merely OF orders
given by the class leader and carried
out by The class. Wen, that soon be-
came drudsery to all concerned, and q
said that they would rather die early
than be bored 70, death trying to I've
longer.
SO We tried the experiment OF carry
ing on the gym work to music, and
II workek Hike q charm. Then we add
ed number Of comedy features that
made Q big hit. We got on to the COM
edy by accident. Some humorist dis
covered that one movement was some
thing like saving wood % ayery time
he stopped over to do 1t he made .
noise Ike rusty old saw going through
pine knot. The whole class took IT
up at. once: and noy II blind man
should come onto the gym floor when
we reach that exercise he would think,
from the souhd about him, that he wss
in q sawmin. In time. the frog march.
the whistle. the grunt. and All the rest
OF the initiative sbus.ness got into the
exercises. TN today what with the mu-
sic and these features of suggestion the
fellows don't. seem 10 know half the
time whether they hre taking sxsrcisss
or just having . rpusing Dood time But
they're getting the gym work ali richt:
DON'T you forget that : 4
!, I Just bstng up This 3a1nnce 10 pass-
ing to show how necessary II - to mako
play out Of yonf sxesciseA Thers were
our gym eisssss fafllAg to reach and
issiA tlhe n1ny., hut, With the infrpddc.
fion nj music and tAs featupes ok sue-
gsstlon II was pSstinAe at IN hssogS ths
nsIaher of men tAIine 1dA elasr woek
had hearty dsspled Eyeyy yen. TOO,
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