How to Get Strong and How to Stay So (1899)/Appendix 1
APPENDIX I.
Showing the average state of the development of two hundred men upon entering the gymnasium.
| Age | 18.3 years. | |
| Height | 5 ft. 8 in. | 67.974 in. |
| Weight | 135 lbs. | 134.981 lbs. |
| Chest (inflated) | 35 in. | 35.067 in. |
| Chest (contracted) | 32¼ in. | 32.39 in. |
| Forearm | 10 in. | 10.03 in. |
| Upper arm (flexed) | 11 in. | 10.960 in. |
| Shoulders (width) | 15½ in. | 15.602 in. |
| Hips | 31½ in. | 31.475 in. |
| Thigh | 19½ in. | 19.612 in. |
| Calf | 12⅓ in. | 12.729 in. |