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Show "Prup'n Fund and Exercise, " by ARTHUR A. McGOVERN Former physical director, Cornell Medical College Walking is beneficial if taken seriously IN one impor-tant impor-tant re.-pect. walking is superior su-perior to almost every othet form of " cise. For. while walkini;. i. i. virtually impossible impos-sible to overdo the exertion, or cause any u n -necessa restrain re-strain on any mi rcles or organs or-gans of lb-body. lb-body. WalkiiiL ha hc uddi I Tl I J i WALK AGGRESSIVELY AS YOU WOULD BOX OR ROW applied to this matter of arranging ar-ranging for exercise. ex-ercise. If a man is going to walk for the same reason that another an-other man boxes, box-es, wrestles, or plays baseball, he must set a proper time for taking his walk, must walk nil-,ier nil-,ier proper con-litions.be con-litions.be properly prop-erly clothed, and must provide tionai advantage ot eniurcing deep breathing and furnishing an increased amount of oxygen to the lungs. When a man walks in the -spirit of "taking a constitutional" constitution-al" he naturally walks aggressively, aggres-sively, just as he would box, wrestle or run. So walking should be regarded in exactly the same light as other forms of exercise. People are betrayed into errors er-rors in taking this form of exercise, exer-cise, because it is so easy to take it up casually at any time of the day, whereas all other forms of exercise require a change of clothes or going to some particular place to indulge in them. As a matter of fact, men who walk or exercise almost invariably invari-ably do so for one of two reasons. rea-sons. Either they do it because it involves less trouble to go out and walk than it does to get healthful stimulation in any other way, or they feel that business bus-iness and social schedules do not permit going into a more extensive exten-sive program of exercise. If "a place for everything, ai d evenMhing in its place" is a sane adage, it mu4 certainly be lor Hie uam, Lhe change to dry clothes and the rest that should follow after a brisk walk, just as a football player arranges for all these things after playing play-ing a game. I have found from my personal per-sonal experience that a great many people develop various forms of foot trouble from walking on hard pavements. A pan of water with a few hand-fuls hand-fuls of scasalt dissolved in it makes a most stimulating yet soothing foot bath and is an ideal method of correcting callouses cal-louses and the condition that is so generally described as foot soreness. It is wel! to soak the feet frcm 15 minutes to a half hour, and if done just before retiring it will also be found conducive to a good night's rest. A person should always wear heavy socks and shoes for walking. walk-ing. You will find a cane or stick of some sort a good companion com-panion in your walks. Proper posture is, of course, very essential es-sential in walking. This should be as follows shoulders back, chin and r.hest on a perpendicular perpendicu-lar Une, with the swaying of the arms co-ordinating with the leg strides. |
