Word: chests
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Regular practice for the squads of candidates for the University track team was held yesterday as usual, the work consisting of exercise with the dumb-bells and chest-weights, practice starts on the short straightaway track in the basement of the Gymnasium and three laps on the board track on Holmes Field...
...strength of legs, tested by pulling on a dynamometer by straightening the legs; 3 and 4, strength of right and left fore-arm, tested by squeezing a spring dynamometer with the hands; 5, strength of lungs, tested by blowing into a spirometer; 6, strength of upper arms, biceps, and chest, tested by raising and lowering the body between the parallel bars as often as possible; 7, strength of upper arms, triceps, and back, tested by chinning on the horizontal bar as many times as possible. The strength of the lungs may also be computed by obtaining one-twentieth...
...hundred men reported yesterday for winter track work. All the men were given dumb-bell drill and chest-weights exercises. In addition to this work, the high-jumpers and shot-putters practiced in the Gymnasium. The runners were given outdoor work, the distance men taking an easy run to Porter Station and back, the sprinters and relay men being given practice in starts and a run of six laps around the board-track on Holmes Field...
Practice for the candidates for the University track team was held on Saturday at 12 o'clock, and owing to the snow, all work was confined to the Gymnasium. The men went through a dumb-bell drill, exercised with the chest-weights, were practiced in starts on the short straightaway in the basement, and ran ten easy laps around the gallery track...
Regular practice for the squads of candidates for the University track team was held yesterday as usual, the work consisting of exercise with the dumb-bells and chest-weights, and practice starts on the short straightaway track in the basement of the Gymnasium. On account of the falling snow there was no regular outdoor work on the board track on Holmes Field...