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Show iijL The Thirtieth of an Instructive and Valuable Seriel h of Athletic Lessons and Health Hints for Men, ' T rJl J jMt. Women, Boys and Girls, Written Vf 'iMp Bp for This Page by the Physical v The ThM of jGBflfljH Ubout to Pres Down the Foot and Pull Tnis Pose Shows Willard Holding the Exerciser in Readiness for the Leg Exercise By Jess Willard Copyright, 1915, by A Merntt All Foreign Rights Protected .j f O-DAY my pictures Illustrate the leg movement of the ey pre se that I described last w""ek For the benefit of those who m have missed last week s art cle 1 I ok t only fair that I should de s be the exercise again briefly he pictures show me ubing an el ti pxerciser which can be bought n any sporting goods store fo vptv I ttle In last week s article I ds be l how any boy or girl could m kp on" for themselves at home out of n lov ord and e antics I w ill co 1 1" however that you can ' rl to buy one of the exercisers In .-a store and instruct along those II s VI en you buy the exerciser vou hnd it has handles on one end " o the cords Tr ou are supposed to h ok the other end to the wall a d 1 'against this resistance W th if afed nt yourself thereby exercis ng both arms and legs at the same time In my large picture I am stand ing ready for the exercise You should stand the same way with one of your feet p ced in the handles of tbe exerciser My second p cture shows me aftei pull ng on the exerciser with my I ands till I have stretched it to its utmobt capacity Of course my leg r sists the strain I then raise up my leg as shown in the picture re lieving the tension and then force my leg down again until the foot touches the ground At the same t me I pull w th my arm so that both arm and leg muscles are working Th s exerciser should be indulged in briskly and with considerable force Put all your might Into It Think to yourself cont nually that his exerc se is going to build up jour muscles take off the surplus fat and bring both your arms and legs to the proper proportions Do 1 1 into any exercise feeling that It Is axhardehlp or like taking medl cine. Say to yourself continually that you are going to bring yourself good health, and build yourself a fine body that any man or woman would be proud of I have often felt that the brain takes just as much a part in physical exercise as the working of the muscles Of course I want you to exercise both of your legs' and arms In the way I have pointed out Try the exercise five times with each leg for the first week every day Then in crease it to ten times thereafter More if you want to but dont tira out your muscles I sincerely hope and trust that none of my readers is trying to do all my exercises every day My articles are not written for that pur pose I am simply giving you a lot of different exercises from which you are supposed to choBe whatever you think will help you the most If I were a young man taking up physical exercise for the first time I would pick out what you might call the cheerful exercises For in stance if the exerc, se for the arm and leg development does not at tract you to day pick out some other exercise that I have recommended for those muscles and try that If that exerc se the one you choose I mean becomes monotonous after a wh le then change to another one 1 th nk sameness in anything is fatal to success I never train two times alike While of course I have profes s onal trainers in my camp I have for several years used mostly my own advice and methods All these exercises I am telling you about I have tried and try when I am train Ing One day I will try my cl air or floor exercises for my arms An other day I will use this exercise that I have described on this page to day and so on That Is why train ng never bo es me like It does so , many other phys cal cuHurists It is Just the samo as f we ate le same food every day ou may , like corned beef and cabbsge ( know I do very much) but If you ce U for dinner every day you wouli soon be sir tired of It you wouli never want to look a piece of come beef In i he face again bo It is with exercise Never In I get monotonous or tiresome Tl minute it does change to tomethlnj else You will be surprised how en joyable it will become Of courn this doe not apply to your moraine exercises at deep breathing Thaa should always be tbe same but yot wtll find them always so lnvlgoratlni that you wont want to change Speaking about exercise in tb morning brings ma to the plctnrei on the right hand aide of the paga Although the pictures show a girl the exercise applies to boy as well They show you how simple It Is tc exercise even while you are dress Ing. Ill bet that nearly every boj or girl who read this page alts on a chair or on the aid of tbe bed when they art putting an theli shoes or stockings it never ocenn I to them that if they would do wbal this girl la doing they would aeoom pllih fair amount of beneficial physical eiercie. When yon are lacing or buttonlni your shoes, dont alt down to It Band over If you can bend over without bending your knees so much the better This exercises your back wonderfully and straightens round shoulders in .pulling on your stockings or aocka, stand on one foot. It may take yon some time to learn to bal ance yourself, but all the time you may be hopping around you will be exercising that particular foot and leg you are hopping around on It is wonderful also how many other muscles are brought la to play in doing these simple things. on never thought of this before did you Well this lent the only surprise I hare in store for you There are more opportunities tor physical ex erclae among the little things you do every day without thinking about them than you ever supposed Willard s article next week will be devoted to more of tfls hall room exercises as he calls them consist Ing of muscle bu Iding lessons, that do not need any special apparatus Answers to Willard Readers BETT1 BAILEY B 1ai lift Manor N Y A girl of Your age with the opportunities that jou hi e at the school ou attend can make an thing out of he se f th t she des re Your phjslta se f I all in your own hands my child and It Is ridicu ous for jou to fret about becoming too stout vl on vo are In the growing age wll h bl ou d bp your athletic age If you dont bp ong to o i baketball team get Into It right away Th t wll mike vou keep In (0 no h condlt on or else vou wou t be ibe o p y we Then nga n If jo are cl ned to stoutness de ole a the time ou can get to bwlmming Swimming Is the treatest eq i lz ng e e c se for the human form hat anybody nows anyth n0 abo t Of cour e I am bound to give you the first piece of ad 1 cthat any doctor would tender you If you a I ed I 1m and t t Is to dep ive ou self of all kl ds of sweetmeat There is nothing bo fatten ng In tbe world as candy But above a 1 dont worry That wi 1 br ng wrinkles to jo r f ce and I 1 no v all glr s dre d tl em mo e tl dn stoutness If in srite of a vour cer Isl g ou t e nain over plun p then nature in ende o to be that wa) and anj sxt enie measure tl at you may take I to change that condition will do you t harm 1 j II M TRENT Bloomlngton 111 j You should hate told me what your weight was You may be entirely , ong In saying that jou are fifteen or twenty pounds under weight How . do jou know that you art? Some people do not take on weight as , others do Regarding your other t question Indian club swinging Is one , or the best forearm exercises I know , of It was only a couple of weeks ago that 1 devoted two articles to the development of the forearms and , neck 1 PAUL LEMCKE Brooklyn Your ' weight ia very good for a boy of 1 your age You should not worry about yoor shoulders As you grow cider you will fill out considerably ' I should judge that you will probably ' be a very big man If you keep away ' from cigarettes and other body de-I de-I stroj Ing habits Swim play baae-' baae-' ball If you tike it. skate and have a good time out In the open air as i often aa yon can and you needs t worry very much R. H HTJTCHETtSON Culpeper Ve. Write to the International Li hrary Compsay No. 119 West For tleth street. New York City They will probably be able to tell yon when my articles will, be published in book form or anything else that you may a ant to knew about them. Thank jou for your appreciation. GEORGE O. M BRIDE Oakland Cat If I were you I would try as hard as possible to find different em ploymeut. I think you are suffering from lack of fresh air Laundries are not the beat placea in the world for young boye to work in The air is necessarily damp which is not good for you Try to get some other kind of work. E WILLIAMS Hornell NY You appear to be living a good clean lue and If you are enjoying good health as you say I have no more advice to give you The exercise that you get In your work and your dally walk should be enough unless you want to become an athlete If you want to gain weight you might try cutting out coffee and substltut ing cocoa or chocolate i have seen that work wonders with people who had been thin for years L LARSEN Tompkinsvllle N Y The exercise described and illustrated illus-trated on this page today is just what you need ihis exercise will reduce your legs to their proper proportions I mean that if they are too fat, as you say this exercise will -take it off unt 1 you have nothing but good firm muscle Start in at It to day and In a month you will be all right FAT San Francisco I npver answer letters that do not carry the full name and address of the writer althougl only Initials will be printed when the letter is answered if so re j quested ALBERT CATTANEO Hoboken N J You have a very peculiar complaint and It is, very hard for me to aav se you If you are a base ball pitcher your trouble may come from the constant use of tl e rigl t am and shoulde That would cause tl e over development that you speak of I especially warned my boy readers against this in my article on baseball A few of my readers wrote to me saying that I was wrong and that a baseball ptchers n uscular move ent was not confined to any set movements Your letter proves that I was absolutely r ght Why do i t j ou try to learn to pitch wltl the left arm as well as your right Tl at would 1 1 time give you an evenness of development You have probably devoted all your oxer cibe to one s de of yo r body with tl c res It tl at you speak of The only advice that I can give you ould be to devote considerable at tention to exerc s ng the left arm and al oulder ible SerieK or Men, ' h Written Balancing Yourself on WW fpllifilP One Toot While Pull IhBF W ing on Socks or Stock SBf SMk ings Will Exercise the tpf? Wj& Leg and I oot Muscles Wf pt or (MOC4W00O liiimSEil Bending Over to Button Up loui bhoea Instead of Sittino-Down Sittino-Down Will Jjelp to Straighten Round Shoulders JL. ' 1 : ' 1 " " |
