. Physical training for business men; basic rules and simple exercises for gaining assured control of the physical self. Study first of all, he has indulged in too much ordinary acceleration of the breathingshould be ignored, but if the efforts of thelungs become too pronounced, the doublehint is conveyed for a short rest, and forgreater moderation in speed the body has become really accustomedto the work there will be little danger ofbecoming badly winded. At this, as at every other stage in trainingfor good bodily carriage, careful, analyticheed must be given to the
. Physical training for business men; basic rules and simple exercises for gaining assured control of the physical self. Study first of all, he has indulged in too much ordinary acceleration of the breathingshould be ignored, but if the efforts of thelungs become too pronounced, the doublehint is conveyed for a short rest, and forgreater moderation in speed the body has become really accustomedto the work there will be little danger ofbecoming badly winded. At this, as at every other stage in trainingfor good bodily carriage, careful, analyticheed must be given to the subject of correctbreathing. In the performance of each andevery exercise the breathing should be deepenough and heavy enough to enable thestudent to carry on his exertions in comfort,but the writer has frequently observed menin training who appeared to believe thatexaggerated heaviness of breathing was calledfor. The careful, exact accommodation ofbreathing to the amount of effort employedis a subject worthy of the students utmostattention. No movement described in thisvolume calls for very audible breathing, and. Fig. 15—Lunge to Sideward. 113 Drill, with Breathing Study 115 if an exaggerated result be obtained thereader should at once reform in this respect,and thereafter should pay far more attentionto the work of the bellows located behind hisribs. It is not a difficult matter to acquire, whileexercising, such a false idea of the employ-ment of the lungs that a new and deplorable* breathiness is created. If the fault appearsit should be removed as speedily as some subjects it may be found that a fewof the exercises described between thesecovers will call for something like twentyper cent, harder breathing than one naturallymakes use of in walking briskly. Should theincrease in heaviness of breathing with thesemovements appear to be greater than that,the reader should at once change both hisv/ay of doing the exercise and his mannerof accommodating effort with
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