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L J 1 H 11 X v n T f 11 X v n T f EXERCISE Choose a form of exercise that a appeals 1 to you and then g get t out of it it he the nervous energy you you need for the conduct of life lif proper your daily y The EATING fellow who r rJ goes out and plays eighteen or thirty thirty- six h holes oles of golf gol a and d then proceeds to o stuff hImself Int into a comatose state has not derived one iota of benefit from r 1 his exercise BATHING BATHING- A shower bath in the morning i a f l t lowed by a stiff rubdown will well generate the nervous energy necessary to see a man through a happy successful day REST REST- Learn Learn how t to o rest with benefit When a aman man is mentally tired by honest work he ought to se seek k relaxation in solitude Don Dont t do just anything re relax ax PLAY Business and professional men become obsessed with their work and thus lose their ability to P play laY Its It's a grave mistake 1 SPORTS The The trouble with o a lot of our sports is is that they are diversions rather than exercise HEALTH If you would b be e healthy you must a. a practice self Self control is s the f foundation io fora for a physical an mental well c j sA By BIlly 1 Muldoon f. f c f. f In an Interview With t s Ross Duff Wh tock SOME IE forty years ago following a thorough h medical investigation the chief examiner for a insurance life company corn com corni i pang pany looked at William Muldoon the worlds world's undefeated wrestling champion sadly shook his head and grav gravely ly ani announced an- an that he could pot not be accepted i as a rIsk Pressed for a reason for tHe rather disturbing decision the examiner in solemn solemn sol sol- tones declared Athletic heart Muldoon's importunities proved of no avail He was not considered a safe safet t investment for a company that wagered against death and he was forced to abandon abandon aban- aban don his efforts for insurance t That insurance reject is now 81 years old looks like a man in the early and possesses the vigor of a well trained athlete of 40 If any man ever fooled the doctors it is William Muldoon the nimble minded and doughty octogenarian of Purchase N. N Y Y Not only has he made himself one of the most fit physical specimens extant but he has during his long career as a trainer shown some 4 other men how to find health and keep i it Recently Mr Muldoon in exceptionally rare spirits discussed the matters of mental stimulation building body and health preservation He was more than ordinarily enthused for on that day he had completed miles of horseback horse horse- f back riding since the opening of The Olympia as he calls his famous training training train train- ing farm Eight times around the world at the Equator he exclaimed and never more than twenty miles from home AND ND having unsaddled and seen to the rubbing down of his charger Irish Lad whom he refers to as his silent partner the sprightly octogenarian dashed for a shower to reappear in a miraculously short time arrayed in fresh raiment and ready to discuss the subject sub sub- of health and exercise It takes me just one minute for a az z shower remarked the worlds world's most famous trainer and in that time I not only cleanse myself thoroughly but generate generate gen gen- erate a good supply of nerve energy I spend ten seconds under the shower twenty s seconds in lathering myself and thirty seconds in washing off the soap and giving myself a brisk drying with witha a heavy rough towel And while on the subject of bathing I want to say that the person who will devote five minutes minute to a proper bath and t should be of the shower variety will generate sufficient nervous 4 energy to see him happily through theE the E day It is surprising how beneficial i bathing may be made if it be conducted according to a formula Here it is in brief Get Get under a cold or lukewarm shower and proceed to get into action by rubbing yourself briskly from toes to head Then step from under the rhower and give yourself a thorough L and brisk lathering That done step C. C back under the shower and proceed to 2 rub yourself over from head to foot allowing the he soap to be entirely washed from the skin Now you are ready forthe for forthe the towel and a minute or so of brisk P X with the body in full action will fortify you for the day After a glass or two of hot water you can dress and get you to the breakfast table It may sound strange but I want to say that there is enough exercise supplied plied by a vigorously b taken ken bath supplemented supplemented sup sup- by a bit of intelligent walking walking walk walk- ing to supply the average individual pith ith all the energy needed to keep him healthy and well fitted fitted for f r Shi his s dally daily tasks And I base my statement on my long experience as as' as asa a trainer o of men men Mr 11 Muldoon was asked as to whether in his opinion too much stress was being put on athletics and physical development development develop develop- ment nowadays His His answer was prompt and decisive We are putting altogether too much stress on athletics and physical development develop develop- m ment nt he replied We Ve Americans are extremists We do a lot of things without without with with- out reasoning why and this applies to a lot of athletic efforts and ridiculous attempts attempts at- at tempts at muscle The trouble with a lot of our sports ts is tha that i they are diversions rather than exercises and that goes for golf as well as a lot of other games What the average man needs is a sufficient supply of nervous energy to keep him in good health and fit to perform perform per per- form his daily tasks without any harmful harmful harm harm- ful strain his physical upon being or mental faculties We should be most jealous guardians of our bodies for after all the body is the home of the soul We see to it that the houses in which we live are kept clean and we should see to it that our bodies are kept clean and wholesome That this may maybe maybe be accomplished it is not necessary to togo go 0 in for a lot of highfalutin diversions diver diver- ions that are considered sure fire building body and health health-creat- ing exercises appeals 1 1 t J 1 t f J r r r L I r. r x qI r 1 HEALTH r rI ri I i rm C I l ld f Ii t f 1 n. n MIX P PLA A Y tM I J W f r j I meth WORK lour f f. Y r S t and Always V 1 i 6 J fri f LE LET T t the h e MI MIND MIND ND t V i D DOMINATE OMINA TE Y- Y L r. r 4 THE BODY 2 l' l J l li iL i I Ht l t j t I v I I I EL ELY ELS S h 4 Y iI I dbr U S 11 a A a k i tt I 7 t I 1 ro a t L kt r j F r a There is such a thing as overdoing the muscle building idea 9 Huge biceps and bulging back muscles do not bespeak physical r perfection t l Y n. n In aU all my years of training men menI I sought to teach self That Thatis is the foundation for physical and mental well I never did go in for strictly muscle building exercises I think that through them more harm than good has been done Look the thereal thereal real champions over and you do not see seea a creature of huge and mus- mus cles They have strength it is true but with it litheness and brain nimble nimble- ness They also possess that which makes champions judgment The fact that a man is a champion I N I v V x i yf n 4 v r rS S S Willi m Muldoon l who at 81 looks like a man in the early GOs says walking is one of the finest of all exercises does not mean that he is unequaled in physical make That goes for the prize ring as well as other athletic pur- pur suits There are plenty of young m men n about this country of ours who are are more than the equal of our champions in physical yes development and ability to fight but they are not the equals of the champions because of their lack of that which makes champions judg ment T TOO many men yes and a a lot of women nowadays are becoming as bad are overdoing the m muscle building idea They go into stuffy gymnasiums pull at weights raise dumbbells I I do donot donot not refer to their home and affairs perform perform per per- form a lot of other Herculean stunts that give them huge biceps and bulging back muscles and because they can lift safes and jelly your fingers fingel's with their tremendous tremendous tre- tre grips they thi think k they are physically fit There was Sandow the strong man for instance He was a mountain of muscle and knocked folk pop eyed with his lifting stunts He was regarded as a perfect specimen of physical development and boys and men from one end of the country to the theother theother other sought to emulate him sought to develop huge muscles and then thrilled their fellows by lifting kitchen stoves and pullIng corner hydrants out by the roots But that same Sandow so widely advertised as the worlds world's strongest man couldn't run six city blocks with any effort at sp speed ed without going into a col- col lapse Too much stress cannot be laid on the matter of self The answer to good health and mental alertness is the them m minds mind's nd's domination of the body not the body's domination of the mind If you would be healthy you must practice ce self self- discipline and be a tyrant if need be with yourself WILLIAM ILLIAM MULDOON is a stickler for discipline e and not only does he heins ins insist st upon it with all who train under him b but t he seeks to implant the spirit of self discipline in them as well lIe maintains that the greater the man the themore themore more amenable he is to discipline when that discipline is necessary to his personal personal per per- welfare or to the cause he serves Many of the country's greatest men for two generations have tasted of Muldoon 1 discipline and learned to like it The great trainer speaks enthusiastically of Theodore R Roosevelt saying that he a aman aman rather than receiving receiving man used to giving ing orders was most implicit in his obedience while training under him He names Elihu Root Chauncey M. M Depew two octogenarians by the way Gen Gen- Lawton Bell and Chaffee and a score of other prominent AmeriCan leaders leaders lead lead- ers of business thought and armies as being similarly gaited in the matter of amenableness to discipline If there be one thing in which a aman man should rigorously practice self self- discipline went on Mr Muldoon it is in that of eating While overindulgence in drink tobacco and narcotics proves the undoing of many men I believe that the people who overeat or partake of harmful foods provide more business for forthe forthe the merry morticians than any other sortI sort I am for temperance and for moderation moderation modera- modera tion in aU all things and the man who would keep himself fit must make his mind govern his body and his petites The fellow who goes out and plays eighteen or thirty six holes of golf and then proceeds proceeds' to stuff himself into a comatose state hasn't derived an iota of benefit from his exercise As a matter matter mat mat- ter of fact he has more than undone all the good that the play fetched him That goes for the man or woman who thinks that m an occasional walk or horseback ride will make up up for days of neglect and nights of dissipation Exercise if it is to benefit us must become a regular program in our lives To me my exercise is as important as food and drink and when I neglect it for fOl a day I feel that something of vital importance ts is missing With judicious exercise and the practice or of self control I find myself mighty fit for a man who was born in 1846 1845 A GAIN a great many of our our college athletes are prone to abandon exercise exercise ex- ex when they have left school for their lifes life's vocation Their bodies stimulated to great physical feats suddenly suddenly sud- sud denly find themselves neglected and arc allowed I to stagnate and as a consequence consequence conse- conse quence all the training in school and all the physical efforts made in competition go for nothing Sad to say a lot of great athletes of college days let themselves themselves them them- selves go to pot and in the daily grind they find themselves with much less endurance endurance en- en durance than the fellow who judiciously keeps leeps himself fit What most people fail to realize is that nerve energy is the motive power of the body and also a product of the body The bad habits most of us acquire are area a tax on this supply s of nerve energy and if you dont don't arrange your work diet sleep and recreation so that you are regularly renewing your supply of nerve energy in every period of the twenty four hours you are bound to suffer suffer suf- suf fer serious consequences The persons whose ways of living keep them near to nervous exhaustion exhaustion tion find their t impaired They hey begin to make mistakes and with their making they begin to lose confidence confidence dence in themselves They become fretful fretful fret fret- ful and easily irritated They become disorderly and careless about their personal personal per per- appearance They begin to follow the path of least resistance And t I twant want to say that that- one of the most destructive destructive de- de things a man can do is to fol low the easy way in little things It becomes a habit to make a pretense of doing things instead of actually doing them Such a a. person becomes accustomed accustomed tomed to all kinds of little evasions which h have ve a most insidious influence in destroying his efficiency for the bigger things The man who lacks a true conception conception con con- of self mastery doesn't even evett walk stand or sit properly The fellow who lets himself slip finally has a mental or physical breakdown break break- downy down or both He and his friends accredit ac- ac credit the calamity to overwork b but t I 1 r r want to say that I have never yet known 1 a man to break down from overwork lone alone and I have handled an an army of k t men in need of repairs The work I blamed for his breakdown would have been only a stimulus to him had all the other conditions in his daily life been wholesome and normal MULDOON was wass asked to prescribe program of exercise that would woula be suitable to men and women engaged in other than athletic endeavors Again he referred to t the e importance of f bathing I properly and then he spoke of walking Walking With a purpose and with an objective stated Mr Mr- Muldoon is isone one of the best exercises possible But when you walk dev devote te yourself to t walk walking ng and by that that- I mean walking properly A mile walked properly will be pro productive uc- uc tive of more more real good than five miles of mere ground Find a corn com stride and knowing it itS length you ou can calculate yo your r pace and the dis dis' F tance you travel Say for instance that you take a nine inch step and that you take two to the sec second nd it is easy to calculate your speed f for r a mile But do not forget that your mental condition is important factor actor to an your f f oo bodily health Cultivate te a sense of f. f humor and above aU all things preserve preserve an 1 evenn evenness ss of temper I Choose exercise that that an appeals appeals' to you and with your m min nd d as master of f F your body get out of that exercise the nervous energy you need for the proper living of your life and cond conduct ct of your affairs And while learning to exercise properly also learn how to rest with benefit When a man is mentally tired by honest work he ought to seek relaxation relaxation tion in solitude Dont Don't do anything Just relax Relaxation is as important as exercise and mighty difficult for some t men If a man is out mentally t. t it means that his nervous energy is sat at low ebb and indulging in strenuous exercise exercise ex- ex only exhausts it the more The time to exercise is when you are full of nervous energy That morning shower I told you about will start the d day y off with a bang and supply the nervous energy to put you through without |