Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12

the sides so that they traverse the same route
through which they were raised.
2. During inhalation raise the arms for
ward until the hands are level with the shoul-
ders. While still inhaling, bring the elbows
as far back as possible, keeping the elbows, the
hands and the shoulders the same plane.
This is a movement that forces fresh air into
the apices of the lungs and tends to cleanse
them. While eXhaling, thrust the arms for
ward more less violently, with the body
bending parallel to the ground and with
the arms extended and swinging downward
and backward. This is the exercise that tends
to force out some of the residual air, for in this
position the lungs are as nearly debated as is
humanely possible.
Unfortunately as a nation America is for
getting how to walk Therein, incidentally,
believe is to be found one of the major rea-
sons why the United States long distance
runners have been making poor showing in
tn Olympic games staged within recent years.
Nowadays instead of walking, we're all too
eager and ready to hop into an automobile, a
trolley car or a taxicab in order to reach
destinations that are comparatively short
distance away. We imagine ourselves as time
savers when, matter of fact, we are labor
ing under a sad miSapprehenson. At the mo-
ment may be saving time, but in the final
analysis We really cutting down our al
lotted span of years. For, make no mistake
about it, walking is a tremendously important
aid to long life.
have found walking very pleasant, indeed,
and 1 know of innumerable cases in which it
has been health builder. About three miles
a day is sufficient, but if that requires too much
time, then two miles will do. However, per-
Sonally advocate a walking schedule of not less
than 20 or 25 miles per week
We are an inconsistent people Walking is
the main activity of life, yet most of us do not
know how to walk correctly. In the rush and
hustle of this workaday world We overlook the
strengthening powers that walking provides
for the lungs, the heart and other vital organs.
In learning to walk correctly, let us take
a tip from primitive man. We are told that he
used the straight foot In action because his
life consisted of pursuit and fight. Yet this
modern civilization of ours has produced the
everted foot!
Walk with your feet pointed straight ahead!
That is recognized by most authorities as the
proper method. Our best track athletes run
that way-Tve known some of the greatest OF
them to be even pigeon-toed. This business
of turning the toes outward is all wrong. Ii
has been the leading reason for the breaking
down of the foot structure, a thing that is
truly wonderful in its formation. With its IS
bones and the complicated arrangement of the
muscles, 1t is susceptible to high degree of
training-witness ballet dancing and fancy
skating
But, of course, the feet are not the only
portion of our body that are used in walking.
The legs, the hips, the knees the arms the
spine and the chest all enter into this exer-
else. The carriage of the upper part of the
body is dependent upon the position of the
chest, which should be forward and high The
spine then becomes erect the breathing power
is increased and the head and shoulders natu-
rally assume the proper positions.
In walking, the weight of the body should
never be borne on the heels The leg is
thrown outward from the hips, with the knee
acting in harmony and the heel touching the
ground first but the weight should be so quickly
trnsferred to the ball of the foot that the heel
makes no noise Noisy walkers are ungraceful
and improper walkers. While the heel should
not support the weight of the body, you should
not walk literally the ball of the foot.
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