Hike or Outdoor Work
Get some bars of iron, one inch in diameter and three
feet long. They should cost fifty cents apiece,
and weigh about eight pounds. Give half the company
these bars to carry, and at the middle of the hike
transfer them to the other half to bring home.
Distance mile and a half. No “Double Time.”
Carry the bars by the middle in the hands, and then
for a time behind the back and through the elbows,
with the hands in front.
Attention!
Arms Cross
Body and Knee Bend, turning on Hips and
touching Floor with Hand
(First one and then the other.
The right hand on bending right knee
and the left hand on bending
left knee).
Attention!
Hips Firm
Neck Firm
Body Prone
Body Backward Bend
Attention!
Stride Stand
Arms Cross
Balancing (On one foot—to right
and left)
Crouch (Quarter-bend)
Attention!
Mark Time
Mark Time on Toes
Faster
Running in Place
Attention!
Stepping
Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Carry bars, distance mile and a quarter, every man
carrying his bar all the way. “Double-time”
them once during march for twenty steps. Insist
on erect carriage all the way, with neck back against
collars.
THE DAILY DOZEN
We may now consider the question of time-saving for
those who may be obliged to largely forego pleasurable
exercise and who yet desire to keep fit and well in
spite of this deprivation.
There are two divisions in this class, as may be shown
in the case of the present world war. The first
class embraces all the men in active service, with
two subdivisions—officers who are over forty
and officers and privates who are under that age.
The second class comprises the men (and women, too,
for that matter) who, unable to do service at the
front, must support the troops in various ways behind
the lines. It is said that it takes five men
behind the line to support one man at the front, and,
judging from the pressure that already has come upon
our people, this is manifestly not an incorrect statement.
These reserves must be kept in good physical condition,
and with this end in view the writer has prepared
a modified form of setting-up exercises which has
been tested out with large numbers in actual practice.
These exercises are intended to prepare the younger
men for the more strenuous training which they are
to undergo later; in the case of the older men, they
are to be used before entering upon the ordinary day
of business routine. After a great deal of study
a system has been devised which answers the needs
in both cases; it is not too strenuous for the older
men, and it will add suppleness, vitality, and endurance
to the physical assets of the younger men.
