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Physical culture April 1927

Physical culture February 1937

 I Keep FIT at FIFTY-EIGHT In doing these exercises, be sure to re-member the necessity for drawing in a deep breath frequently. Fill the lungs to their complete capacity at various intervals, and ex-hale the air from the lungs, breathing out as much as you can. At times it is a good plan to draw in a deep breath and hold it, making several at-tempts to draw in more air while going through some of the movements.

generation pays for the mistakes of the previous generation. A few years of life are sacrificed.

As I have previously stated, I eat when I am hungry. I do not recognize that it is a duty to eat unless you are hungry. It should be reiterated, again and again, it is an outrage upon the stomach to introduce food therein unless

Exercise 39. Begin by flexing the muscles as indicated. Then reach upward as high as you can, opening the palms, at the same time raising on your toes as far as possible. Return to first position and repeat until fatigued.

Exercise 40. Standing erect, with hands behind the back, tense all the muscles of the body. Grip the hands together, holding them as vigorously as you can against the back. Pull upward with both arms: relax and repeat,

IN the last issue I promised to describe my own personal diet. It varies so much from the diet of the average individual that it might be termed revolutionary. I have said on many occasions that if I were to attempt to eat as do the majority of Americans I would pass on to the spiritual realm within less than a year.

I could not possibly endure it. And how so many people are able to continue a diet of this sort year after year and secure an ordinary amount of satisfaction out of life is beyond a reasonable explanation.

A cat is said to have nine lives, but the average human being has ninety-nine. Human vitality is more than extraordinary. Generation after generation, they proceed to defy the laws of health, in many instances with apparent impunity. But even when serious illness does not intervene, each 36 Exercise 40. Standing erect, with hands behind the back, tense all the muscles of the body. Grip the hands together, holding them as vigorously as you can against the back. Pull upward with both arms: relax and repeat,