How to get strong and how to stay so / by William Blaikie.

  • William Blaikie
Date:
1892
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Credit: How to get strong and how to stay so / by William Blaikie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    way, while at the end he also finds that he has not taken as much out of him as his slender rival. He has had more to carry, both in his boat^s greater weight, and especially in his own, but his carrying power was more than enough to make up for the difference. Measure the slim man where you will, about his arm or shoulders, chest or thigh or calf, and the other outmeasures him; the only girth where he is up, and perhaps ahead, is that of his head—for thin fellows often have big heads. The muscles of the stronger youth are larger as well as stronger. Now, take the slim fellow, and set him to mak- ing so many efforts a day with any given muscle or muscles, say those of his upper left arm, for instance. Put some reward before him which he would like greatly to have—say a hundred thou- sand dollars—if in one year from date he will in- crease the girth of that same upper left arm two honest inches. Now watch him, if he has any spirit and stuff, as thin fellows very often have, and see what he does. Insist, too, that whatever he does shall in no way interfere with his business or regular duties, whatever they may be, but that he must find other time for it. And what will he do ? Why, he will leave no stone unturned to find just what work uses the muscles in question, and at that work he will go, with a resolution which L
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