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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    being held ratber higher than that, the elbows remaining unbent. Holding the mere weight of the hands, as in boxing, but keeping at it awhile, keeps these parts well occupied; while the sword, or foil, or single-stick, freely plied, or the axe or bat, tell directly here. Forearm TFbrZ;. Very many of these exercises for the biceps and shoulder have also called on the forearm, while those mentioned for the inner triceps haye done the same. Very prominent among the latter is rowing, much of it soon bringing a strong fore- arm, especially on the inner and under side. Any- thing which necessitates shutting the hand, or keeping it partly or wholly shut; such as holding anything heavy in it, driving, chopping, fencing, single-stick, pulling one^s self up with one hand or both, batting, lacrosse, polo, twisting the dumb- bells around when at arm^s-length, or a chair, or cane, or foil, or sword, or broom-handle, if the dumb-bells are not convenient, carrying a weight in the hand, using any of the heavier mechanical hand-tools—all these, and more of their sort, will enlarge and strengthen the forearm, and will do much also for the hand. Probably the hardest work for the forearm, and that calling for the greatest strength here, is lifting very heavy
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