How to Get Strong and How to Stay So (1899)/Appendix 6
APPENDIX VI.
Taken from Maclaren's "Physical Education." Showing effect of seven months and nineteen days' exercise, under his system, on men ranging from nineteen to twenty-eight years of age.
Table of Measurements of First Detachment of Non-commissioned Officers Selected to be Qualified as Military Gymnastic Instructors.
Date. | No. | Measurements, Etc. | Increase. | |||||||||||
Age. | Height. | Weight. | Chest. | Fore- arm. |
Upper arm. |
Height. | Weight. | Chest. | Fore- arm. |
Upper arm. | ||||
Yrs. | Ft. | In. | St. | Lbs. | In. | In. | In. | In. | Lbs. | In. | In. | In. | ||
Sept. 11. | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8½ | 9 | 2 | 33 | 9½ | 10 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 8⅞ | 10 | 1 | 37½ | 10½ | 11¾ | ⅜ | 13 | 4½ | 1 | 1¾ | ||
Sept. 11. | 2 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 34¾ | 10 | 11 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 9¼ | 11 | 1 | 34¾ | 11 | 12¼ | ¼ | 10 | 3¼ | 1 | 1¼ | ||
Sept. 11. | 3 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 10½ | 12 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 5¾ | 10 | 2 | 37½ | 11½ | 13¼ | ¾ | 9 | 3½ | 1 | 1¼ | ||
Sept. 11. | 4 | 23 | 5 | 7¼ | 9 | 13 | 37 | 10¼ | 12 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 7¾ | 10 | 8 | 38½ | 11½ | 13 | ½ | 9 | 1½ | 1¼ | 1 | ||
Sept. 11. | 5 | 23 | 5 | 8¼ | 9 | 10 | 36 | 10 | 11 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 8½ | 10 | 6 | 37 | 10½ | 12 | ¼ | 10 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ||
Sept. 11. | 6 | 23 | 5 | 9⅛ | 11 | 3 | 36½ | 11 | 12 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 9¼ | 11 | 12 | 38½ | 11½ | 13 | ⅛ | 5 | 2½ | ¼ | 1 | ||
Sept. 11. | 7 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 10¾ | 12 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 9⅛ | 10 | 11 | 38½ | 11 | 13 | ⅛ | 5 | 2½ | ¼ | 1 | ||
Sept. 11. | 8 | 24 | 5 | 8¾ | 10 | 8 | 35 | 10¾ | 12¾ | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 9¼ | 11 | 6 | 40 | 11¾ | 14 | ½ | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1¼ | ||
Sept. 11. | 9 | 26 | 5 | 6½ | 9 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 11½ | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 6⅞ | 9 | 11½ | 36 | 10¼ | 12¾ | ⅝ | 6½ | 3 | ¼ | 1¼ | ||
Sept. 11. | 10 | 26¾ | 5 | 11⅜ | 12 | 6 | 41 | 11½ | 13 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 11¾ | 13 | 1 | 42 | 11½ | 14 | ⅜ | 9 | 1 | {{{1}}}„ | 1 | ||
Sept. 11. | 11 | 28 | 5 | 7¾ | 10 | 10 | 37 | 10½ | 12½ | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 8¼ | 11 | 9 | 40 | 11¾ | 13¾ | ½ | 13 | 3 | 1¼ | 1¼ | ||
Sept. 11. | 12 | 28 | 5 | 10⅞ | 10 | 9 | 37 | 10½ | 13 | |||||
April 30. | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 11¾ | 14 | ⅛ | 16 | 3 | 1¼ | 1 |
The men composing this detachment had been irregularly selected, the youngest being nineteen, the oldest twenty-eight, the average age twenty-four; and, after a period of eight months' training, the increase in the measurements of the men was—
Weight. | Chest. | Forearm. | Upper arm. | |
Lbs. | In. | In. | In. | |
The smallest gain … | 5 | 1 | ¼ | 1 |
The largest gain … | 16 | 5 | 1¼ | 1¾ |
The average gain … | 10 | 2⅞ | ¾ | 1¾ |