Word: chest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rust '98 coached the Freshman crew candidates yesterday afternoon. There are now three squads of sixteen men each. One squad in turn works for about half an hour in the rowing room, while the other two are taking dumb bell and chest-weight exercises down stairs. At the end of the work, each squad runs two laps on the outdoor track or fifteen laps in the Gymnasium...
...Haven Team, and only one 'Varsity Baseball man. There are 17 men who have played on their class teams. The best record for lifting with the legs is that of Jennings, 520, who also has the best back lift, 355. Lovering does the best on the combined arms and chest test, with a total of 315. Three men are tied at 27 for the strength of lung record, Lovering, K. Lewis and E. A. Boardman. As a whole the crew men show up best, there being 17 men on the list who have rowed with the 'Varsity or their class...
Lungs. Back. Legs. chest. arm. arm. Total...
Work is done daily on the chest weights, and every other day a run of two or three miles is taken...
...Jennings are with the 'varsity squad; Cabot and Hurley are coming out later and Captain Bull is coaching. Rice is the only one of last year's crew now rowing with the squad. Their work consists of about 350 strokes on the rowing machines, and 20 minutes on the chest weights, followed by a 3 mile run. The men are to be coached by Tudor of the B. A. A., but so far most of the coaching has been done by Captain Bull, assisted by Goodrish and Perkins...