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My Vicws on Light Exercisc

AS an expert on mattcrs relating to weight-lifting, to which i have devoted a considerable number of years of bard study. I expect my readers to look to me morę for instruction as to rais-ing weights and training with weights for weight-lifting, than for part i cul ars as to light training with primarily in view the better-mcnt of hcalth or the developnient of niuscle. I think tliere are already a sufficient number oi‘ protessors of physical cnlture who havc given a sufficiency of Information on this point, without my attempting to aild to the already numerotts systems of borne training. but no doubt many will Ije interested to hear my views on the subject of light exercises in re lat i on to weight-lifting. In the first place I would say that if you musi use dumb-bells for daily training, use heavy ones with fewer repetitions rather than light ones with fewer repetitiows. If you use a chest expander use a goodly nuniber of strands and few movements, as above. Tliere are cjuite a number of chest expanders and wali exercisers on the market, but my experience is that work with rubber excr cisers does not develop the right kirnl of muscles for weight-lifting. A chest expander should lx* better for weight-lifting than a wali exerciser, but it seems reasonable to cxpcct that if your main idea is eventually to succeed in weight-lifting, that as you have to lift iron weights it will be bctler to practice with iron weights, and the hcavier the weights the l>etter. Further, a man of 140 pounds, who has practiced weight-lifting and is in good hard condition, would perhaps find it beneficial to use about 15 or 17 pounds in eitłier hand. at least, and to do a series of use ful exercises similar to the positions practiced in heavy weight-

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