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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    very plain in another way, one that is bringing most conclusive proof to the mind—internal evi- dence it might well be called. Unless the calves are unusually strong, long before the one hundredth effort there is an unmistakable ache in them, which, in the majority of instances, will cause the person to stop outright from sheer inability to pro- ceed. It has not taken much time to get a pretty thorough measure of about what power there is in one set of mnscles at least. All doubts are gone from his mind now as to whether one exercise he knows will call into play the muscles of his leg below the knee or not. It is equally plain that it is not his forearm, or upper arm, or the back or front of his chest which has been in action, for none of these have felt fatigue, the tire being all confined to the muscles in question. Again, had there been beside him two men of nearly the same weight, but one of small and feeble calves, the other having them shapely and well- developed, is there any doubt which of the two could have kept at the exercise the longer, yet with the less fatigue ? Few men need be told that a muscle, unused to work at first, can gradually, by direct and systematic exercise, be strengthened; but not a few there are who are unaware that with the new strength comes increased size as well. Yet, to those familiar with athletic work, it is
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