The Washington times., 1928-10-27
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VAL LIABLE
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BY Jack Dempsey
Rermer heavyweight Champion Of the
World

Former HeAVyWelGnb NbNhnpAO
World
The most natural and
simple thing that humans 90,
almost universally IS done
wrong. That is breathing. q.
dare say that Of every lO'oVv
humans not more than single ons
breathes properly, even Inougn -.
fact long has been estapiisnsu sn &c
ses,.seet TreafIing insures health and
prolongs life. ~,
noanv letters that come to me ASKING
that outline 4 course Of simple
svarcises that all humans can fol.
Ioyv with benefit to themselves. !
havA decided to do just that.
zach week hereafter ! will outline
cne exercise which can be done n
fhA home. in the office, In the rae
4orv-aln1ost anywhere. 1t will be
- EXERCISE which will require only
! Few minutes time daily and should
result in splendid physical benefits.
lint as 4 preliminary to all that
I'd Iitxe To outline some breathing
Exercises which, Ii observed In
their entirety should do much to
Improve the general health OF any
one.
II is lust as important to exhale
fhe foul air from the lungs as It Is
IL inhale pure, fresh air. But 50
few persons realize that. and an
even smaller number seem TO ap-
nreciate that deep breathing which
expands and exercises the lungs
contributes amazingly toward I'M
proved health.
Here are my suggestions. simple
ones demanding nothing in the way
of 4 persons time. since breathing
exercises do not interfere with what
any one else is doing at the mo-
i. Upon arising in the morning,
or while you are dressing, take
long deem breath through the nose.
Drink In the air deeply and I'LL
YOUR lungs to capacity. Hold the
breath for 10 seconds to half =
minute. Then exhale with force
through the mouth, with your lips
puckered as if you were whistling.
Repeat this long deep breath five
times the first morning, scaling It
gradually upward until you are
taking at least ten or fifteen long
deep breaths each morning before
breakfast. Also increase the amount
of time that you hold your breath
because the longer you hold it thu
greater and better the lung ex-
pansion.
III deep breathing OF this sort
y Takaw - IN ~ q
bit dizzy during the first few
days--as is generally the case
20 along slowly with the in-
crease in the number of long
breaflls you take and also make
tile increase Of the time for
holding the breath very gradual.
In a very short time you will
find that deep breathing no longer
makes you DIZZY; that instead it
will act as a stimulant, tone up
Your blood, pep your circulation
and rid you of much OF the loggi-
ness from which so many persons
suffer
90 IL you are walking or are out
In the open air at any time during
the day, try more deep breaths in
the same way. Fill your lungs full
OF air-fill them to the limit-and
then count slowly TO ten" before
you exhale with force. Hold the
next breath for IS or Is seconds
and day after day scale up until you
can hold your breath for the count
of 100.
Deep breathing, as ] have said,
may be bit difficult at first.
especially il you never have done
any of it before. This is because
the long. full breaths will call i4to
action parts of the lungs that
haven't been used before.
But as soon as the lungs become
accustomed to a full tonic.like pres
sure of good. clean air, the taking
of long breaths, a hundred Of them.
or a thousand of them. each day
will be az automatic an action as
the short and rather harmful breath
ing you are doing today.
(IH my next article on health
and physical fitness am going TO
outline simple set Of exereises
that need no equipment at all and
iSrhich should be extremely helpful
an cases of headache, dizziness,
and pains or muscular and nerUe
eonsestion in the head, neck and
shouldsrs.)
Copyright. 1928. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)