. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . man—is in a poor state of vigor. Besides that they mean poor breathing, poorburning up of waste, clogged elimination all over his body, a certain amountof lowered resistance and premature senility. Every man needs muscular exercise. No mans work gives all his musclesthe needed exercise. About nine-tenths of the men are engaged in work requir-ing physical labor yet these too require some form of play to exercise musclesunused in their work, to empty the dead ends of their sewers—for such areinactive muscles. Properly planned play after the days work is done is r
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . man—is in a poor state of vigor. Besides that they mean poor breathing, poorburning up of waste, clogged elimination all over his body, a certain amountof lowered resistance and premature senility. Every man needs muscular exercise. No mans work gives all his musclesthe needed exercise. About nine-tenths of the men are engaged in work requir-ing physical labor yet these too require some form of play to exercise musclesunused in their work, to empty the dead ends of their sewers—for such areinactive muscles. Properly planned play after the days work is done is restful to themind and the body. As to housewives, brain workers, clerks and office work-ers, there is no need of arguing that their muscles are flabby, their circulationpoor, their digestion troublesome, their biliousness frequent, and that thesecall for better muscular development. Every flabby person is willing to admit that he ought to take moreexercise but systems take time and apparatus. Some of them would build up 1073. Fig. 446.—Biceps Muscle as It Appears When ArmIs Extended. 1074 THE MUSCLES
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