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PART IV.

SECTION 1.

MEASUREMENTS.

Daily hygienic exer<isć i? the safest stimulant in thc worki to wakc up thę po wers <_*f body, mind, and soul. Use it evcry dav of your life.—RoBERTS.

One of the first ąuestions asked by people who become interested in physical training and who are anxious to takc up some form of exercise is, “ Am I well l)uilt, and do 1 compare favorably with the average man of my age, height. and weight ?'’ This neophyte may turn to the tablcs generał! y givcn in the little manuals issued by manufacturers of gymnastic apparatus, where he finds the following figurę-:

TABLE SHOW ING THE PROPF.R WEIGHT, HEIGHT. AND MEASURF.MENT OF A EUT.LV' ITEVKI.OPED ADUI.T.

HKIOHT.		wfKiłrr.	NECK.	CHUST.	WAISt.	niCKrs.	TORB- AflM.	IJ1I0HS.	CALV1!S.
5 fl		103-107		32-33	-9		S#	15
5 "	i in	107-111	“A	33-34	^29 'A	ti	9%	l6	5
5 “	2 “	lll-I|6	12	34-35	30		9H	17	-
5 “	3 “	116-121	I 2'A	35-#	3° .'2	Z	IO	iS	y
5 “	4 "	121-127	13	36-37	31			19
5 “	5 “	^127-133	>3 A	37-3S	31A	i. 0	10 3-/	20
5 “	6 ••	^133“^14°	*4	3S-39	li	2 e	u H	21	A —
5 “	7 “	I40-M7	14^	39-4°	3- A	1 s	u >;	22
5 "	8 “	147-155	15	40-41	33		'' #	23
5 “	9 "	1.55-164	I5M	41-42	3 S't	u	12 V	^24	y
5 "	lo ••	164-174	16	4^2~43	34		125^	25
5 **	ii ••	174-KS;	i6y;	43 44	34 '3	73	13	26	T.
6 ••		105-196	>7	44-45	35		13 H	27

If he applies the tape to his own body he is at once impressed with the great discrcpancy that he will most surely find between the measurements of his own limbs ancl those of the adult of thc “proper weight, height, eto.” This discrcpancy is discouraging, but let the enlhusiastic beginner bear in mind that few men indeed show the pro-portions that are indicated in the abovc table.

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