Word: chest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...gymnasium presents a very lively appearance on afternoons at present. Squads of men are seen exercising in different parts of the building-some at the chest-weights and others with the Indian clubs, dumb-bells, etc.; in fact things begin to look decidedly business-like. The Mott Haven candidates are working regularly every afternoon, and also the football squad, which is now very large, is diligently at work under the supervision of Captain Cumnock and Mr. Lathrop. It is the purpose of the managers to let the men work together for a while and learn just what they...
...candidates for the Yale freshman crew and nine have begun training. Their work has been systematically arranged, and will be thoroughly carried out under the supervision of the university captains. The work of the teams will consist of exercise with the chest weights and Indian clubs, and a run of two or three miles each day. The tank will be accessible to the crew at certain hours, while the nine will have the use of the cage, and, in all probability, the New Haven skating rink, which will be of immense advantage during the winter months. The freshmen, since their...
...vigorous-no more than everyone would do of his own accord. The squad will meet dressed and ready for exercise at 4.15 every afternoon. The men will go through dumb-bell and parallel-bar exercise, and will work in a general way with the ladders and chest-weights. The exercises will end with work with the large shot. The squad will be through by 5 o'clock. Captain Cumnock will be on the lookout for everyone who can be made available in any way whatever. He has come to the conclusion that it is impossible to bring together a properly...
About thirty candidates for the Columbia freshman crew began training Wednesday at the gymnasium of the Berkeley school. After some preliminary exercise on the chest weights and a short run, the men were placed on the rowing machines under the supervision of E. Klapp, captain of the 'varsity crew. The candidates will continue training in the gymnasium until the first of April, when they will begin practice on the Harlem. W. Peet will coach them, and they will keep to barges until they have learned the stroke. The average age of the candidates is 18 years, the average height...
...crews have now left the river and are at work in the gymnasium. The university crew is rowing on the machines and pulling chest-weights. The number of candidates is now small, but it will be greatly increased after the vacation. With the exception of the freshmen, the class crews are not in strict training. Eighty-nine has been playing football for exercise; '90 and '91are taking walks and pulling chest-weights. The freshmen are rowing in the 'varsity room on the machines. They are obliged to be through by five o'clock, and as they have nearly three crews...