Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-30
On Walking
james p. Rogers in St. NlohOlas. :

VIZ ALKING IL the most common form OF muscular
w exercise-one when each of Is for
tunate POSSESS a normal body carries out or can
carry out to a gre ter or ksser extent each day
All deg. exerciss to be obtained by walk
ing One nay have the light but sure results OF
slow shamb.e the ievel or the greater effects OF
the ascent Of mountain or the climb OF flight OF
steps: may walk across nom or across comfy
Every step take may be OF Deneht-if we have
not already taken enough steps: and II the walker
had brain. the length OF walk most conducive TO
good could be measured in strides. since he IL
possessed OF BRAIN however and Usually an active
one. tho company he keeps. both within and without
the sights SOUND Cyes often the smes) which
greet his senses important 70 the walker as
the distance Travelled or the elevation climbed
Leaving for the moment everything but the mere
mechanism OF walking. this. Ike any other bod IL
eX,Ncse, brings into increased activity not only the
voluntary machinery that moves along, but. Mt
the same time. there Is ivalent stirring up u
all the involuntary activities There IL quckening
OF the Giro atory and respiratory the q OIL
preparing functions helped and surplus food
plies within the body drawn upon. The greater
the speed OF the walker the the ascent.
the more height ned the internal effects Benjamin
Franklin adopted stair elm ing instead OF walking
the level. when he W shed his exercise boiled down
Though concentrated effect and economy OF time
this obtained II does not follow that the results OF
vigorous exercise for brief time good
milder movements end more sustained effort. On
the other hand walk may be too isurely to produce
the best effects Neither the pace OF the hare nor
that Of the tortoise produces the best results in a
normal person; each must determine for himself the
The feeling Of mild fatigue win show us when we
have walked FAR enough; and the time limit, the time.
that Is In which fatigue asse t. itself depends the
speed we make and the elevation TO which have
lifted bodies Theoretically. a man who does little
physical labor needs for health exercise equivalent
60 walk the level OF about six 70 eight miles at
gait OF three miles hour. four TO six miles
hour. This estimate is for the average we'll de-
veloped man. and great many men and women viii
need much less to keep them in good condition espe-
ciay II they do not over-eat Boys and girls always
need plenty OF exercise but their capacity for long
walks Is mrch less even in proportion to their age
thnn adults Their energies must be used for growth
ms well as for muscular exercise. The long. weari-
some hikes" taken by young PEOPLE more likely
TO be Injurious than helpful II does harm rather than
good TO walk after real fatigue has begun.
The problem Of the distance we can or should walk
IL greatly complicated by the fact that carry self
around with and self alone ia apt prove bur
den which will quickly bring premature fatigue. Self
needs something outside to lean upon. 1t is like
trolley which. applied to the object may prove
a hlndrance to prcgress, but. APPLIED TO It's appro
pirate wire. not only relieves the body of its dead
weight, but helps to carry it beyond it's supposed
capacity for exerton Where II Is impossible for the
pedestrian TO fix his attention happily on outward
things. It IL often much better for him to take
scdentary recreation IN which he do
II AGAINST all physical laws that a man
should travel farther with ten-pound than with
out load whatever, but the relief obtained by the
drafting of the mental energies tn ough the gun
other channels far more than compensates for tho
extra muscular exercise entaied by carrying along
The mind is carried beyond the body, and, throucn
the keen anticipation of spossble exhibition OF skill
the and tear Of walking are reduced to the
phys ologcal minimum. But a Is necessary;
a fishing roland certainly a golf stick-answers
we'll for persons and n serves 10
the wielder and keeps the self from hampering
the eg-workng machinery. Still better than these
the compani onship OF a dog a leash OF dogs We
know prominent physc an who urged all his patients
suffering from insufficient exercise to BUY a dog
Human society may NAV not add to the pleasure
and profits waikngi-it depends the persons
walk.
Walking In the city has It's advocates as has tho
country stroll There be in the
thoroughfare to distract eompanion'ess pedestrian
but II depends the city and the thoroughfare as
we'll as on the pedestrian. COmpanonship of a dog
man lie more fully enjoyed in wanderiny fields or
following country roads The unyleding hardness Of
the city pavement relieved extent by the In
terventon OF rubber hoels) IL disastrous arch of
the foot while the kindly give OF the invites the
rural rambler.
For walking one must be properly shod The high
and peg-shap'd heel and the toe help to av
the sand Of circumstances into the machinery
otherwise enjoys ts exhibition of power and
spring. and all the base OF support possible. The
ercse OF walking n the coverings allow preserves
and strengthens the foot.
There are good walkers. and poor walkers; walkers
that walk with and walkers that labor along
We not all built Ike and could not all walk alike
n tried For purposes OF exercise, II does not
matter greetly how walk that stand fairly
erect and do not Jar the body too much by keeping
the knees too straight and planting the heel too
firmly Walking Is a continuous falling forward, and
Simultaneous moving forward OF the UNDERMINING To
prevent the fall We can assist the falling by tipping
the whole body forward without STOPPING the head
and shoulders, and we prevent the fail without
Earring the body unnecessarily. II Is chief moment
that walk. and that. in walking. the mind finds
the absorbing adventures OF its that keeps