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

  • William Blaikie
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    APPENDIX III. Showing average increase of 200 students at Bowdoin College, in various measurements, after working biit half an hour a daj' four times a weeli, for six months, under Dr. Sargent. Average increase in height i in. Average increase in weight 2 lbs. Average increase of chest (contracted) | in. Average increase of chest (inflated) in. Average increase of girth of forearm j in. Average increase of girth of upper arm 1 in. Average increase of width of shoulders f in. Average increase of girth of hips 2i in. Average increase of girth of thigh 1 j in. Average increase of girth of calf. f in. APPENDIX IV. Showing the effect of four hours’ exercise a week for one year upon a youth of 19, at Bowdoin College, under Dr. Sargent’s direction. This was two hours’ ivork more each week than was required of the regular classes. s . Age. Height. Weigh ■4J <3Q *3 (D c3 OS Chest (cont.). Forearm. Upper arm. Shoulders. Hips. Thigh. Calf. Date. Yrs. Ft, In. Lbs. In. Id. Id, In. In. In. In. In. Nov., ’73 19 5 8 145 36i 33* lOi 124 16J 35 194 134 Nov., ’74 20 1 5 9 le”! 40 34i 11 13| 17 36* 22 16 Increase ... 1 1 15 3i 4 1* 14 14 24 14
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