Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family . s 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 account orcapital with a large surplus of stored-up he uses the mind to excess a
Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family . s 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 account orcapital with a large surplus of stored-up he uses the mind to excess and fails to bankenergy by common-sense exercise and living, hewill eventually force himself to the wall, withthe inevitable resulting physical reasonable man recognizes that hfe in-surance is a good thing; but does he realize thathealth insurance is better? One enables him todie contented; the other, to hve happily. Hisfamily would rather have him than his insur-ance money. An endowment life-insurancepoHcy is the best for the holder, as he receives. Fig. 9.—Bending Forward and BackwardTake a wide grasp on the wand or broomstick. Bendforward as in A, then backward as in B. Exercise for the Busy Man 23 the money invested in a given number of a health-insurance pohcy, where the pre-mium is paid in the form of eight minutes dailyindulgence in physical exercise, instead of theholder waiting ten, fifteen, or twenty years, hebegins to receive dividends immediately. Ahealth policy not only adds years to his lifebut life to his years. I have been writing this article for over eight-een years, because it has taken me that time togain the information contained herein togetherwith personal experience and the observationof others, which I now pass on to you. I knowthese exercises will do what I claim for them,because they are bringing results to over twothousand college students who meet in classwork twice a week under my instruction. I hearsome one say, ^Are t
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