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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. |
APPENDIX II.
Showing the average state of the growth and development of the same number of men (two hundred) after having practised in the gymnasium half an hour a day four times a week, for a period of six months, under Dr. Sargent.
Height | 5 ft. 8¼ in. | 68.254 in, |
Weight | 137 lbs. | 137.123 lbs. |
Chest (inflated) | 36¼ in. | 36.829 in. |
Chest (contracted) | 33 in. | 33.206 in. |
Forearm | 10¾ in. | 10.760 in. |
Upper arm (flexed) | 12 in. | 11.903 in. |
Shoulders (width) | 16¼ in. | 16.260 |
Hips | 33¾ in. | 33.875 in. |
Thigh | 21 in. | 20.964 in. |
Calf | 13¼ in. | 13.232 in. |
In this case the apparatus used was light dumb-bells, 2½ lbs.; Indian clubs, 3½ lbs.; pulley-weights, from 10 to 15 lbs.
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