Practical Training for Athletics, Health, and Pleasure (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Practical Training for Athletics, Health, and PleasureThe contents consist Of explanations Of the effects of exercise on the body pointing out the benefits received by judicious exercise, and at the same time warning the athlete Of the dangers arising from excess ive physical work. Useful hints on training, Obtained from fifteen years Of practical experience, and many ideas, gathered from some of the best trainers and ath letes Of the leading colleges, athletic clubs, gymnasiums and schools throughout the United States, Canada, and England, are presented to the reader, which are of ines timable value.The topics which will be discussed are exercise in general, stiffness and its treatment, bathing, rubbing, diet, sleep, habits, fatigue, overwork, the treatment Of sprains, strains, ruptures, contusions, abscesses, and fractures, the Skin, and training SO as to condition one's self for all kinds Of contests.The book is based not only upon sound medical principles, but also the author's practical experience as a teacher Of physical education to boys and young men. It points out how weak constitutions may be strengthened, predispositions to disease eliminated, certain diseases cured, and deals with the dangers and abuses of exercise, Showing how to avoid them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.