Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
SIMPLE EXERCISES At HOME
WILL MAKE YOUA HUSKYMAN::
JOE BEAN SHOWS HIS METHOD
Regularity Is Secret Of All Building
Up Work, Says Noted Ball Player,
Playground Manager and Expert
Physical Director of Marist College.
By JOE BEAN.

By JOE
Building men has been my
] am talking about when / say a
generally rundown, no-account
man, a man with a punch.
1t won't cost him a cent f
may prove harder to take thar
came from behind a prescriptic
words of it.
Exercise.
Take regularly, once a day.
Continue indefinitely.
How many times this year h
like this:
How are you, old MANI"
ooh, pretty well, except I'm
off about ten pounds. Why,
when was in college and taking
regular exercise / tilted the beam
at IT'S pounds. l felt well
enough to whip a policeman
But since l settled down to bust.
ness and quit taking exercise |
haven't felt the same. / don't
feel like using any more energy
than ] need to do my work. "
have heard sidewalk conversation
like this so long and 50 often that 1t
has prompted me to give few tips
to the man-with- the rundown habit.
I'm going to outline in The Sunday
American a few exercises he can take
at home, at his own convenience
without the use of any apparatus but
the floor. his arms, legs, neck and
gray matter.
Good For Girls Too.
This isn't for men only pre-
scription, either. II goes for women,
too. from school girls up 70 grandma,
and it's Just as good for a boy as for
his father. In fact, II would be a
good thing for the whole family. and
companv would make II q game more
enjoyable than n played solitaire.
But mark this. / said regularly
don't say do il at G. 80 a. m. or high
noon or the last thing before supper
Pick your most convenient time, but
take the exercise every day seven
DAYS "a week thirty one to the month,
That's the only way exercise VIII DO
YOU good. You might as well sur
round a whole weeks supply Of food
Monday morning and expect II to
keep you going through the week as
20 take too much exercise one day
and none the next.
Make up your mind as TO the time
best suited to your work and your
habits. Then stick
start At The Top.
Let's start at the top and 60 down.
Work up the neck muscles first. II
YOU are one of those men who wear
IS ID collar and hate 10 admit It
to the haberdashery clerk, this eNer-
else will make you III a size or so
larger-if you stick II out
Exercise No. Place your hands
behind your head, with your fingers
interIaced Hold your elbows in a
horizontal position and pressed way
back Then drop your head forward
and backward. resisting with the
hands.
Exercise No. place your hands
on the side Of your head, COW
ering the ears Drop your head nom
right TO left, resisting with the hand
on the side toward which your head
is moving. Push your head Ike some
other fellows hand was trying to
hold il back
Exercise No, 3-Place your hands
on your hips and turn your head
from left 10 right, looking over your
shoulder
bridge" But Not With Cards.
Exercise No. 4-Lie on the floor,
back down, and raise your body until
you are supported only by your head
and feet Keep your hands on your
hips. Rock forward and backward.
Keep your body off the floor This
is called the bridge"
Exercise No. Holding the
bridge" position, turn sidewise from
left TO right and back
The first three exercises may be
done about fifteen times each That's
good for a start, but YOU should in
crease the number as YOU 60 along
The last exercise, rocking on head
and feet, is more strenuous, and ten
times at first IS enough for that.
These exercises round out the neck
from the shoulders up and IN a short
time the result should be quite no
ticeable. You can throw those boys
size collars in the rag bag. youN
feel more like breakfast was a pleas
ure instead Of q painful duty. and
you'll do more work when YOU get
70 the office.
But remember said: Do it reg
ttarIy