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Exercises for Folks Who “Sit”

Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts organization. So every one may have the help of these outstanding authorities, in literally girding up his loins and strengthening his muscles for a Joyous sprint up the Wellville Road, merely by investing in such printed directions and backing them up with practice.

But there’s the rub—no Scout gets a merit badge unless, among other tests, he can prove that for six months he has practiced a drill of ten exercises daily! Everyone of us ought to be “good scouts” to this extent. You will find it builds character as well as health to carry out this simple fifteen-minute régime with a soldierly regularity.

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