Excerpt from A Manual of Physical Exercises, Calisthenic Massage: Intended Especially for Persons of Sedentary Occupations, and Those in Middle or Advanced Life It is not intended that these exercises shall enable one to run like the antelope, jump like the roe buck, or carry a heavy load like a beast of burden. Health, rather than great strength or exaggerated muscle, is. The need of modern life. A symmetrically developed' body, imparting ease of muscle and off motion that Will enable one to pursue in comfort the ordinary oc cupations that pertain to civilized industries, is the essential want, and given health and a reasonable amount of muscular cultivation that Will result from simple calisthenic exercises, one may expect the easy aoqqirement of the special muscular strength re quired for a particular occupation, When that occupa tion has been entered upon as a life vocationl This acquirement Will come naturally through use, and man must needs mold himself according to the strain that his business imposes upon him. It is, therefore, a wasteful expenditure of Vitality and force to develop muscles necessary for a blacksmith, a porter, or an acrobat, that Will not be needed in a calling that re quires development on entirely different lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.