Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family . nd lungs need plenty of room in whichto perform their important physiologic duty,and such space is only provided in a fullyexpanded trunk. The first thing, then, in acommon-sense system of exercise is to createan enlarged, uplifted, and roomy body. Again, rational exercise should stimulate theoperation of every vital organ, invigoratingevery function. It should produce a feelingof fatigue, but not of exhaustion. It shouldinduce perspiration. It should produce sleep,not wakefulness, and should gradually producea normal appeti
Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family . nd lungs need plenty of room in whichto perform their important physiologic duty,and such space is only provided in a fullyexpanded trunk. The first thing, then, in acommon-sense system of exercise is to createan enlarged, uplifted, and roomy body. Again, rational exercise should stimulate theoperation of every vital organ, invigoratingevery function. It should produce a feelingof fatigue, but not of exhaustion. It shouldinduce perspiration. It should produce sleep,not wakefulness, and should gradually producea normal appetite. It should also develop the muscles—not acertain group, but every muscle of the bodyevenly and synunetrically. Muscles are de-veloped not in proportion to the amount of workthey are called upon to perform, but in propor-tion to the quantity of nutrient blood they re-ceive. Natural exercise, then, will increase thesize and power of all the muscles equally, becauseit increases the general circulation of the blood,not alone to the muscles, but to all parts of the. Fig. 8.—^A Stretching ExerciseRaise the arms overhead and the right leg backward asfar as possible. Hold and stretch a few moments. Re-peat, using the left leg. The exercise may be made moredifficult by raising the heel of the standing foot. Exercise for the Busy Man 21 *body. Exercise is valuable because it reduces the weight of the excessively fat man and in-creases the weight of the thin man. The heavymans system is overcharged with fat, and vig-orous exercise eliminates or bums it up. In thelean mans system there is an urgent need ofa stimulus capable of arousing the digestionand assimilation to increased activity, and thisagency is found in exercise. When more food isassimilated, it naturally follows that the weightof the body will increase. Health, like money, can be accumulated, in-vested, and thus doubled and redoubled. Ifone must live a sedentary hf e, he should conserveand reinforce his physical ^bank ac
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