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PREFACE.

I. A PLEA FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

THE CONSUMMATE BEAUTY OF PHYSICAL FORM

THE JAR AND FRET OF BUSINESS LIFE.

SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE,

ALL EXERCISES SHOULD BE PERFORMED ON THE GROUND,

ATTENTION TO CHEST DEVELOPMENT,

II. SANDOW, A TITAN IN MUSCLE AND THEWS.

CROWNED HEADS HAD PAID HIM HONOUR,

HIS PHYSICAL TRAINING SYSTEM ADOPTED IN THE BRITISH ARMY.

"SANDOW IS THE MOST WONDERFUL SPECIMEN OF MAN I HAVE EVER SEEN.

THE MIGHTY DEEDS OF ANCIENT STORY.

THE EMULATING EFFECT OF MIGHTY DEEDS.

EXERCISE OF A STRONG MAN'S POWER AND WILL.

WRESTLING AND FEATS OF AGILITY AND STRENGTH

III. SANDOW'S BOYHOOD AND EARLY LIFE.

A BOY'S NATURAL AND HEALTHY DESIRE FOR DISTINCTION,

HE PUT HIS MIND INTO HIS EXERCISES.

WITH ACROBATS, WRESTLERS, AND HEAVY-WEIGHT LIFTERS.

CHISELLED BEAUTY OF SOME HERCULEAN ATHLETE

ANCIENT IDEAL OF PHYSICAL POWER AND BEAUTY.

MUSCLE-RAMIFICATION OF THE HUMAN FRAME.

SANDOW FIRST MEETS ATILLA.

IV. SANDOW AS A STRONGMAN IN HOLLAND.

ESCAPADE AT AMSTERDAM.

ARRESTED; AMUSING SCENE AT THE POLICE STATION.

AT LONDON AND PARIS.

V. SANDOW AS A WRESTLER IN ITALY.

VI. SANDOW WINS HIS FIRST LAURELS IN LONDON.

PEN-PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG ATHLETE,

"FEATS OF STRENGTH AT THE AQUARIUM—SAMSON'S PUPIL DEFEATED.

VII. DEFEATS SAMSON AT THE WESTMINSTER AQUARIUM.

"STRONG MEN IN RIVALRY—AN UPROARIOUS NIGHT AT THE AQUARIUM.

VIII. SANDOW IN SCOTLAND AND AT THE CENTRES OF INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND.

"SANDOW AT THE ALHAMBRA.

IX. WITH GOLIATH AT THE ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN.

"THE TWO GIANTS.

X. ANOTHER STRONGMAN CONTEST.

THE MATCH WITH 'HERCULES' M'CANN.

XI. SANDOW BREAKS ALL RECORDS.

GREAT RIGHT AND LEFT HAND WORK.

"BREAKING HERCULES'S RECORD.

"SANDOW MAKES SOME WORLD RECORDS.

"MAKING THREE RECORDS FOR THE JUDGES.

"WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT.

XII. PHYSICAL CULTURE IN ITS RELATION TO THE ARMY.

"AN OBJECT LESSON IN GYMNASTIC ANATOMY

AN ENGLISH LIEUT.-COLONEL ON SANDOW'S METHODS OF TRAINING.

XIII. SANDOW "AT HOME" AND ABROAD.

"SANDOW CHEZ LUI.

SANDOW CHASTISES A BELLICOSE FRENCHMAN.

SANDOW RECEIVES THE GIFT OF A GOLD CHRONOMETER.

TRACKING A BRACE OF THIEVES AT NICE.

XIV. SANDOW IN THE NEW WORLD.

THE NEW YORK WORLD ON SANDOW.

"SANDOW'S GREAT HITTING POWER.

"SANDOW'S INCREASING STRENGTH.

INTERVIEWED BY THE NEW YORK HERALD,

"SANDOW'S BOYISH FACE.

"MUSCLES HARD AS WOOD.

"GETTING STRONGER EVERY YEAR.

"HOLDING UP THREE HORSES.

XV. SANDOW AS A PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY.

EXAMINED BY DR. SARGENT, OF HARVARD.

"THE STRONGEST MAN MEASURED.

"WONDERFUL ABDOMINAL MUSCLES.

"INGENIOUS ELECTRICAL TESTS.

"SPEED IN DELIVERING A BLOW.

XVI. SANDOW SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF.

HIS VIEWS ON PHYSICAL TRAINING, DIETING, BATHING, EXERCISING, ETC., ETC.

"A REPORTER'S INTERVIEW WITH SANDOW.

"HOW SANDOW BECAME MUSCULAR.

"DEVELOPMENT OF MUSCLES.

"AS GOOD AS THE ANCIENTS.

"ENAMOURED OF FOOTBALL.

A FURTHER CHAT WITH THE STRONGMAN.

XVII. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF GYMNASTICS.

INFLUENCE OF BODILY EXERCISE ON THE HUMAN ORGANISM.

A SYMMETRICAL AND ALL-ROUND DEVELOPMENT.

EXERCISE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHERE THERE IS FRESH AIR.

DUMB-BELL AND BAR-BELL EXERCISE RECOMMENDED.

INEFFECTIVE AND VICIOUS SYSTEMS OF TRAINING.

CORRECT HABITS OF BREATHING.

XVIII. HYGIENIC AND MEDICAL GYMNASTICS.

EFFECT OF EXERCISE IN BEAUTIFYING WOMEN.

PREJUDICE, INDIFFERENCE, DELUSION.

THE BUGBEAR OF TRAINING.

HYGIENIC EFFECTS OF EXERCISE.

MUSCULAR EXERCISE AS AN AID TO DIGESTION.

HOW I PASS THE DAY.

INFLUENCE OF EXERCISE ON THE MIND.

CAUTION AGAINST OVER-EXERCISE.

XIX. EXERCISE AND THE BODILY FUNCTIONS.

NEGLECT OF EXERCISE AS AN AGENT AND PROMOTER OF HEALTH.

THE AMBITION COMMENDABLE TO BE HEALTHY AND STRONG.

THE INTER-RELATION OF BODY AND BRAIN.

MR. SANDOW REMARKABLE AS A HUMAN MOTOR.

THE SECRET OF HEAVY-WEIGHT LIFTING.

THE PROBLEM OF OBESITY SOLVED.

XX. THE CHIEF MUSCLES, WHERE THEY ARE SITUATED, AND WHAT THEY DO.

PLATE VI.

MUSCLES OF THE FLEXED ARM.

PLATE V.

MUSCLES OF THE TRUNK, SHOULDER, EXTENDED ARMS AND FLEXED

PLATE VII.

MUSCLES OF THE EXTENDED LEG.

FIGURE, SKELETON, AND MUSCLES OF THE ATHLETE

FROM PROF. C. ROTH'S "ATLAS OF ARTISTIC ANATOMY."

1. Annular ligament.

2. Flexor longus pollicis.

3. Flexor carpi radialis.

4. Palmaris longus muscle.

5. Pronator teres muscle.

6. Supinator longus muscle.

7. Biceps muscle.

8. Triceps muscle.

9. Coraco-brachialis muscle.

10. Teres major muscle.

11. Deltoid muscle.

12. Pectoralis major muscle.

13. Serratus magnus muscle.

14. Trapezius muscle.

15. Supinator longus muscle.

16. Brachialis anticus muscle.

17. External oblique muscle.

18. Gluteus medius.

19. Gluteus maximus.

20. Tensor vaginæ femoris.

21. Rectus abdominis muscle.

22. Adductor longus.

23. Gracilis muscle.

24. Semi-membranosus muscle.

25. Rectus femoris muscle.

26. Vastus internus muscle.

27. Sartorius muscle.

28. Vastus externus muscle.

29. Gastrocnemius muscle.

30. Tibialis anticus muscle.

31. Soleus muscle.

32. Tendo Achillis.

33. Anterior annular ligament.

34. Fascia lata.

1. Extensor carpi ulnaris.

2. Flexor carpi ulnaris.

3. Anconeus muscle.

4. Biceps muscle.

5. Triceps muscle.

6. Tendon of Triceps.

7. Deltoid muscle.

8. Trapezius muscle.

9. Latissimus dorsi.

10. Serratus magnus muscle.

11. External oblique muscle.

12. Gluteus medius.

13. Gluteus maximus.

14. Tensor vaginæ femoris.

15. Rectus femoris muscle.

16. Externus vastus muscle.

17. Gracilis muscle.

18. Semi-membranosus muscle.

19. Internus vastus muscle.

20. Sartorius muscle.

21. Gastrocnemius muscle.

22. Tendo Achillis.

23. Peroneus longus.

24. Tibialis anticus muscle.

25. Tibialis posticus.

a. Gluteus medius muscle.

b. Tensor vaginæ femoris.

c. Adductor longus.

d. Rectus femoris muscle.

e. Gracilis muscle.

f. Sartorius muscle.

g. Vastus internus.

h. Vastus externus.

i. Gastrocnemius.

j. Peroneus longus muscle.

k. Tibialis anticus.

l. Soleus muscle.

m. Tibialis posticus muscle.

a. Adductor longus muscle.

b. Rectus femoris muscle.

c. Sartorius muscle.

d. Vastus internus muscle.

e. Gracilis muscle.

f. Adductor magnus muscle.

g. Semi-tendinosus muscle.

h. Semi-membranosus muscle.

i. Tibialis anticus muscle.

j. Gastrocnemius.

k. Soleus muscle.

l. Annular ligament.

a. Gluteus medius muscle.

b. Gluteus maximus muscle.

c. Vastus externus.

d. Vastus internus.

e. Semi-membranosus muscle.

f. Semi-tendinosus muscle.

g. Biceps femoris muscle.

h. Gracilis muscle.

i. Gastrocnemius.

j. Soleus muscle.

k. Flexor longus digitorum.

l. Tendo Achillis.

EXERCISES.

PREFATORY.

LIGHT-WEIGHT EXERCISES.

Exercise 1.

Exercise 2.

Exercise 3.

Exercise 4.

Exercise 5.

Exercise 6.

Exercise 7.

Exercise 8.

Exercise 9.

Exercise 10.

Exercise 11.

Exercise 12.

Exercise 13.

Exercise 14.

Exercise 15.

Exercise 16.

Exercise 17.

HEAVY-WEIGHT EXERCISES.

Introduction.

Exercise Illustrated by Photographs 18. and 19.

HOW TO LIFT BY ONE HAND FROM THE GROUND TO THE SHOULDER.

Exercise Illustrated by Photographs 20 to 24.

ONE-HANDED SLOW-PRESS FROM THE SHOULDER.

Exercise Illustrated by Photographs 25 and 27.

ONE-HAND SWING-LIFT FROM THE GROUND OVER THE HEAD.

Exercise 28.

SLOW LIFT FROM THE GROUND TO THE SHOULDER.

Exercise 29.

SWING RING-AND-BALL LIFT FROM THE GROUND OVER HEAD.

Exercise Illustrated by Photos Nos. 30 and 31.

TWO-HANDED LIFT FROM THE GROUND TO THE SHOULDER.

Exercise Illustrated by Photos. Nos. 33 and 34.

HOLDING OUT AT ARM'S LENGTH WITH BOTH HANDS.

BAR-BELL EXERCISES.

ONE-HANDED LIFT FROM THE GROUND TO THE SHOULDER.

Illustrated by Photos. Nos. 35 and 36.

Exercise 37.

ONE-HANDED BAR-BELL SNATCHING LIFT FROM THE GROUND OVER-HEAD.

Bar-bell Exercise for both Hands.

Illustrated by Photos. Nos. 38 a , b , c , AND d .

Exercise 39 and 39 a .

SLOW BAR-BELL LIFT FOR DEVELOPING THE MUSCLES OF THE FOREARM AND WRIST.

Exercise 40 and 40 a .

ONE-HANDED BAR-BELL LIFT, UPRIGHT POSITION.

Exercise 41.

TWO-HANDED BAR-BELL LIFT TO THE SHOULDER, UPRIGHT POSITION.

Exercise 42.

FINGER-LIFT FROM THE GROUND.

Exercise 43.

ONE AND TWO HAND STONE-LIFTS FROM THE GROUND.

Exercise 44.

HARNESS-AND-CHAIN LIFT FROM THE GROUND.

SANDOW'S PHYSICAL TRAINING LEG MACHINE.

APPENDIX A.

DIRECTIONS FOR READING THE SANDOW ANTHROPOMETRIC CHART.

ANTHROPOMETRIC CHART

Showing the Relation of the Individual in Size Strength Symmetry and Development to the Normal Standard

APPENDIX C.

Table of the Increase in the Measurements

Mr. Sandow's Competitive Prize Awards.

APPENDIX D.

Key

A Date.

B Age.

C Weight.

D Horizontal Measurement of

E Chest, full.

F Chest, empty.

G Right Biceps.

H Right Forearm.

I Right Deltoid.

J Left Biceps.

K Left Forearm.

L Left Deltoid.

M Remarks.

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