How to Get Strong and How to Stay So

Name: How to Get Strong and How to Stay So
Author: William Blaikie

by William Blaikie

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[p.1]HOW TO GET STRONG AND HOW TO STAY SO
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
HOW TO GET STRONG, AND HOW TO STAY SO.
CHAPTER I. DO WE INHERIT SHAPELY BODIES?
CHAPTER II. HALF-BUILT BOYS.
CHAPTER III. WILL DAILY PHYSICAL EXERCISE FOR GIRLS PAY?
CHAPTER IV. IS IT TOO LATE FOR WOMEN TO BEGIN?
CHAPTER V. WHY MEN SHOULD EXERCISE DAILY.
CHAPTER VI. HOME GYMNASIUMS.
CHAPTER VII. THE SCHOOL THE TRUE PLACE FOR CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL CULTURE.
CHAPTER VIII. WHAT A GYMNASIUM MIGHT BE AND DO.
CHAPTER IX. SOME RESULTS OF BRIEF SYSTEMATIC EXERCISE.
CHAPTER X. WORK FOR THE FLESHY, THE THIN, THE OLD.
CHAPTER XI. HALF-TRAINED FIREMEN AND POLICE.
CHAPTER XII. SPECIAL EXERCISE FOR ANY GIVEN MUSCLES.
To develop the Leg below the Knee.
Work for the Front of the Thigh.
To Enlarge the Under Thigh.
To Strengthen the Sides of the Waist.
The Abdominal Muscles.
Counterwork for the Abdominal Muscles.
To enlarge and give Power to the Loins.
Development above the Waist.
Filling out the Shoulders and Upper Back.
To obtain a good Biceps.
To bring up the Muscles on the Front and Side of the Shoulder.
Forearm Work.
Exercises for the Triceps Muscles.
To Strengthen and Develop the Hand.
To Enlarge and Strengthen the Front of the Chest.
To Broaden and Deepen the Chest itself.
CHAPTER XIII. WHAT EXERCISE TO TAKE DAILY.
Daily Work for Children.
Daily Exercise for Young Men.
Daily Exercise for Women.
Daily Exercise for Business Men.
Daily Exercise for Consumptives.
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II.
APPENDIX III.
APPENDIX IV.
APPENDIX V.
APPENDIX VI.
APPENDIX VII.
CONCLUSION.
FOOTNOTES:
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