Physical culture . e, however, toremember that whenever you start amovement always continue it until youfeel fairly fatigued. One secures farmore benefit if this suggestion is a rule, in beginning the movementsyou will find that from fifteen to twenty-fivo reoetitions of the exercise will brine about a feeling of fatigue, though afteryou have continued them for a few weeksyou will be able to increase this fromforty to sixty times, without seriousfatigue. In order to secure the fullest possibleamount of benefit from exercises of thischaracter, it is necessary that they beperformed i
Physical culture . e, however, toremember that whenever you start amovement always continue it until youfeel fairly fatigued. One secures farmore benefit if this suggestion is a rule, in beginning the movementsyou will find that from fifteen to twenty-fivo reoetitions of the exercise will brine about a feeling of fatigue, though afteryou have continued them for a few weeksyou will be able to increase this fromforty to sixty times, without seriousfatigue. In order to secure the fullest possibleamount of benefit from exercises of thischaracter, it is necessary that they beperformed in an energetic of this nature lack the incen-^tive of competition or the sociaJ^^£swhich render gymnastics and athleticsports absorbing to the participants. Inorder to compensate for the absence ofthese features it is essential that one takea thorough interest in the performanceof the movements. It will even be foundof advantage if the mind is concentratedon the object which the exercises are. Photograph No. 9, Exercise No. 5—Recline on the left side, as shown in the above illus-tration, with the right hand flat on the bed directly in front of the face, as shown. Now pushupward, raising the body from the waist as high as you can, as shown in the next illustration* 392 PHYSICAL CULTURE intended to accomplish in the particularpart of the body affected by the move-ments. However, if the movements are per-sisted in, and are performed with aproper degree of energy, it will be foundthat they will bring about results thatare as marked as those produced by anyform of exercise. Then, too, it must beborne in mind that in those cases wherethe movements are performed in themorning, they will result in securing adegree of exhilaration, and buoyantspirits, which will enable one to meet the sisted in during the exercises, will enable one to inhale fully and deeply while asleep. 1 have called attention in previous issues to the necessity for deep breathingwhile taking
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