| Show PHYSICAL CULTURE r developing ONE SET OF MUSCLES AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS blowing baseball Hast ball tennis and running tho sensible arid and rhy way horseback exercise field sports very healthful I 1 am a strong believer in ill physical ph culture but physical culture is hoi entirely different f from rom outdoor sports as they are carried on at present americans do not take enough exercise many patients that conic come to the doctor need outdoor exercise more than they do medicine As some one has said the dyspepsia from which a roan man suffers is oftentimes more in his legs than in his stomach the great difficulty with our sports is is that they develop one set ol of muscles at the expense of tho the others A man who trains tor for a specialty la is trained only in the parts of the body brou brought glit chiefly into play in that particular sport or recreation A tennis player trains in one way a runner in another while a boatsman goes through an entirely different course from either each of these athletes athleta is strong in one direction but he has neglected general muscular exercises tor for the sake of developing a special locality it will be found that tho the man who is physically strong in a special sport is weak in some part of his body A man tor for instance who intends to be a runner will so train as to develop the muscles of his legs but he will reduce the weight of his body above his legs in order to carry less weight daa OF POPULAR is wholesome when indulged in tor for pleasure but is bad in contests the professional pedestrian finally b becomes le om C s thorough thoroughly broken up the stomach and getie general ral system are exhausted by too much excision rowing is one of tho the best exercises it if indulged in moderately but an oarsman can row in a contest until entirely exhausted and not know it until he is taken from his boat paralyzed so EO to speak baseball is full of danger especially to the pitcher so true is this that the abase ball pitchers arm as well as the tennis arm are recognized recognised in the medical profession as special diseases tho the exercise in baseball is very violent and sooner boelle r or later causes overstrain teunis tennis is a violent exercise and is liable to be carried too tar far running is too much of an outburst to bo be of service in a general way and is only good on oil account of the previous training necessary to follow it up it carries its own remedy with it in the natural giving out of the legs before the rest of the body is ex exhausted bausted training should bring up the general physical status stains to a point that will enable it to endure its utmost and aust it a little to spare for the push of thearg alio urgent ent moment there should be ba just enough strength left to make the finish better than the start to break the record of the individual so to speak and leave him in better physical cori condition dation than before the seu bible and physiological way for a man to take outdoor sport is acting on medical authority to develop by special exercises the pat ts of his body that are weak if a man mail take any pride in a sym metrically rounded physique he should give his whole attention to the organs that a are r 0 w weak eak HORSEBACK EXERCISE it is surprising to me that horseback exercise is not more indulged in than it Is many abany young men spend enough money on their vices or follies to enable them to keep a horse I 1 would suggest that for those who cannot own a horse riding clubs might be formed let the horses horse lie used by the members of clubs just as boats are used by boating clubs the expense of keeping the horses under such conditions when divided up among members would be small and the horseback exercise could be varied with the more vigorous sports in which young men now indulge I 1 in that way the strength of the body bould be more equalized the outskirts of new york and brooklyn furnish many lanes and roads through beautiful country and the riders could not fall fail to enjoy themselves I 1 do not know of any outdoor exercise so suitable for men as the sports of the neld field hunting is a healthful and beneficial sport aport there is just enough excitement about it to make the exercise you vou take beneficial while you are walking walkin you are thinking about something of in I 1 terest while your body is being exercised your brain gets a stimulus hunting is good for alje well and good for many who are sick I 1 have known invalids sent to the south routh with the advice that they should go shooting to come back restored in health the jhc man ma who combines foro bines hunting in the tha 1 f field with horseback riding as is done in the south lias has the best kind of outdoor recreation field sports are for young men the older ones must be content with fishing or following the rabbit S fleet spier I 1 al U D in the epoch |
