How to Get Strong and How to Stay So - William Blaikie - Bog

""How to Get Strong and How to Stay So"" is a comprehensive guide to physical fitness and strength training written by William Blaikie. The book covers a range of topics related to building and maintaining strength, including proper nutrition, exercise techniques, and injury prevention. Blaikie emphasizes the importance of a balanced and consistent approach to fitness, and provides detailed instructions and illustrations for a variety of exercises and workouts. The book is suitable for individuals of all fitness levels, from beginners to experienced athletes, and is written in a clear and accessible style. With its practical advice and expert guidance, ""How to Get Strong and How to Stay So"" is an essential resource for anyone looking to improve their physical strength and overall health.1884. Blaikie hopes this volume will give the reader a nudge to take better care of his body, and so of his health, and then to point out one way to do it. Contents: Do We Inherit Shapely Bodies?; Half-Built Boys; Will Daily Physical Exercise for Girls Pay?; Is it Too Late for Women to Begin?; Why Men Should Exercise Daily; Home Gymnasiums; The School, the True Place for Children�������s Physical Culture; What a Gymnasium might Be and Do; Some Results of Brief Systematic Exercise; Work for the Fleshy, the Thin, the Old; Half-trained Firemen and Police; Special Exercise for any Given Muscles; and What Exercise to Take Daily.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.