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Title: Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Cromie, William J. (William James), 1877-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ry for digestion, with moreenergy. Exercise is especially effective in relievingconstipation. In medical gymnastics, deep-breathing exercises are used in anaemia, nervousand digestive disorders of the circulation. Now for the exercises. In deep-breathing ex-ercises we should aim for the following results:to strength the muscles of ordinary breathing,as the diaphragm; to strengthen the extra mus-cles of breathing such as those of the shoulders,arms, and back. We should endeavor to pre-serve and increase the elasticity of the lungs, todevelop evenly all their parts, to heighten per-manently their capacity. Still other objectsshould be to expand the chest, to deepen theordinary breathing and reduce its rate, andstimulate the circulation of the blood. Thereare thousands of air cells in the lungs that or-dinarily are inactive and are used only in theact of deep breathing. If one persists in deepbreathing for some time these dormant cellseventually associate in the ordinary act ofbreathing.
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Fig. 41Hands clasped across abdomen, inhale and press in for-cibly as in position A. Exhale and release as in position B.Perform each of the seven deep breathing exercises fromfive to ten times each. 112 Keeping Physically Fit The best deep-breathing exercises are thosethat are accompanied by muscular positionsand movements which favor or assist the act ofin-breathing and out-breathing. Authorities dif-fer as to whether or not more air is received inthe lungs in the various muscular movementswhich I have used in this article. While theyare fighting it out we shall use the arms, head,shoulders, etc., in connection with deep breath-ing, because these movements do strengthenthe muscles required in this act, and give the re-sults that we are seeking. Some physical culturists advocate taking adeep breath and holding it for a considerabletime. I can see no good results from thismethod, but rather an injury as the lungs areliable to strain, and again, this would mean thereabsorption of air t

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