Physical culture . se at regular inter-vals. It is not especiallynecessary to take theseexercises every day. Forinstance, if your occu- pation should be of such a nature thaton two or three mornings or evenings ofthe week you are unable to take yourscheduled exercise, this will work nospecial harm, though you will find thaton the day when you exercise you willfeel more capable, you will be betterable to perform your duties than youwere on the day that you failed to takeany exercise. LARGE NECKS INDICATE PHYSICALPOWER In proof of the accuracy of the theoriesherewith contained, that is, that the
Physical culture . se at regular inter-vals. It is not especiallynecessary to take theseexercises every day. Forinstance, if your occu- pation should be of such a nature thaton two or three mornings or evenings ofthe week you are unable to take yourscheduled exercise, this will work nospecial harm, though you will find thaton the day when you exercise you willfeel more capable, you will be betterable to perform your duties than youwere on the day that you failed to takeany exercise. LARGE NECKS INDICATE PHYSICALPOWER In proof of the accuracy of the theoriesherewith contained, that is, that thedevelopment of the muscles around thespine tend to increase physical efficiencyof the entire body, I will call the atten-tion of the reader to men and womenwho have a large development of themuscles about the neck. You will rarelyfind a man with a broad, thick neck whois not strong, who does not possess alarge amount of nervous and generalphysical energy. Exactly the same state-ment can be made of the opposite Photograph No* 2. Exercise No. I (continued). Whilebringing the head back, be sore to resist the movement all thetime with the strength of the arms. Repeat the exercise severaltimes until the muscles of neck are thoroughly tired. This givesthe muscles at the back of the neck, partially surrounding theupper part of the spinal column, very vigorous exercise. 152 PHYSICAL CULTURE
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