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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    Shoioing the average state of the development of 200 men vpon entering the Bowdoin College Gymnasium, from the classes of ’73, ’74, ’75, ’76, and ’77. Age Height Weight Chest (inflated) Chest (contracted) ... 32iin 32.29 in. Forearm ... 10 in Upper arm (flexed) Shoulders (width) Hips Thigh Calf APPENDIX II. Shoioing the average state of the growth and development of the same number of men (200) after having practised in the Bowdoin Gymnasium half an hour a day four times a weeh, for a period of six months, under Dr. Sargent. Height Weight Chest (inflated) ,... 36J in Chest (contracted) Forearm .... lOJ in Upper arm (flexed) Shoulders (width) .... 161 in Hips Thigh Calf. 13.232 in. In this case the apparatus used was light dumb-hells, lbs.; Induin clubs, 3i lbs.; pulley-weights, from 10 to 15 lbs.
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