Show Diet Health L by lu peters THE BEST EXERCISES FOR REDUCING REDUCING RE- RE AND GENERAL HEALTH Part 1 We Ve all know that exercises done with enjoyment and in the open ope air are better for reducing and general health than any other othe type That means some of the outdoor games ames and ten activities nis golfing hiking skating and swimming etc should be included In the daily regime 1 if possible Swimming is probably the best of these because swimming exercises exercises ex- ex every muscle in the body and the contact with the cold water speeds up all all all' the bodily activities in order oder to counteract the cold In yesterdays yesterday's paper I gave you youa youa a list of the caloric requirements for or the different activities Here Is s a review of it During sleep a person wei hing pounds for his normal weight uses up per pel h hour ur 75 60 calories awake lying hing still 85 70 calories sitting at rest calories star standing ling at rest cal calories ries walking slowly calories calories calo- calo ries actively calories running calories light exercise ex- ex calories active exercise exer- exer cise calories severe exercise such as sawing and chopping wood calories For 10 one more or less less less' normally the figures would be higher or lower respectively 1 say say normally normay nor may mally for if the weight consists of too great a proportion of fat fewer calories would be used Before BeCore I go on with this article on Exercises I want to complete the list and give e you the average e number of calories used by adults while working as given by Rose in Feeding the t e Family Calories Tian lan per day day- At rest 2000 1800 Sedentary 2800 2200 Working Woman per pel da day A At t Test rest 1800 1600 Sedentary occupations bookkeeper etc 2200 Occupations involving standing walking or 0 manual labor Jeneral general gen Jen- eral housekeeping etc 2500 2500 2200 Occupations requiring s st t r e en n g t h laundress etc 2500 You can see from this list that if you do physical work You are able to eat a great many more calories calories cal cal- ories without putting on excess weight than you can if your work I is of the sedentary nature A point p that fe people know is this that mental work no matter how does not require added nourishment nourishment nour- nour beyond what is needed nt at rest because the amount of physical i cal enErgy used t is so small as to be negligible Only the phY ial al ae- ae require additional energy and food Now back to our exercises for reducing Unfortunately there arE arEa a great many who cannot avail themselves of outdoor sports and activities and they have to content nt themselves with indoor exercises with the windows open The exercises exercises exer- exer that involve the trunk and chest There are many excellent systems ms Walter Walte Camps Camp's Daily Dozen Dozen Doz- Doz en which you can can get in book form for 10 cents in any any store are very good Then there are phonograph systems of exercise They rhe are a all good It is especially nice to exercise exer- exer else cise to music Whistle or sing if you dont don't annoy your neighbors if yOU haven't a phonograph However r. r the time of taking exercise exercise exer- exer cise is not so important Take them when yOU yOUcan can I 1 have found fouad this a helpful little stunt stunt-If r i tale take a along along long walk or other exercise just before my dinner the fatigue produced produced pro pro- lessens m my appetite The stimulation of appetite comes after the fatigue is over You might try It-a It lessened s a mation devoutly to be desired for vr those of us who have this overweight overweight over over- weight ogre always hanging around Tomorrow Best Exercises For ForR R Reducing and General Part Health Two Copyright 1925 by the George Matthew Adams Service I |