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MUSCLĘ BU1LDING.    J3

building up niuscular size; tkey look the esercise that is adapled to building up łicalth. It is not at all true that there is any one kind of esercise that will aceomplish all tlić known results to bo obtainecl from esercise, any morę that it is truć that there is any ono ni.erlieme wMeh. will aceomplish all thc results to be ospeeted of medieine. One may cxercise in order to becómo graceful in walking and moving about; one may exer-ciso in order to become skillful in feneing, bosing, base bali or athletics; one may esercise in order to rcdnce fat; esercise runy be laken in order to increase tlie actmty of slnggish liver, and so on ; but in cach casc it tlie results? aro to be secured, esercise rnust be adapted to the particular objects in mind. Thus, ihcre is no such tbing as a best esercise or as best esercises. The objeet of thc exercises desc-ribed in this article, is lo increasc the size and strength of the imiscles. There is no attempt. to increase their en-durance or the skill with whieh one can use them.

These exercises do not directly aim to increase the health of 'Tlić body, altliough this usually foliowa to some estent.