Word: girths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...some very interesting facts concerning the effects of training All but four of the class have made recided physical progress during the year, although only a small proportion of the class have taken a regular course of training. The most noticeable increase in the measurements have been in height, girth of in flatted chest and girth of head. A very notable example of the effect of light exercise is in the case of a man, who, during the year, without the aid of any regular course training has developed more than any one in his class. His gains have been...
...first and most marked changes produced upon the physique by the practice of athletics are shown in the weight, girth of chest, hips, thighs and arms, in breadth of shoulders and in the increased strength of all parts of the body, while the girth of the neck, waist and calves, the depth of chest and abdomen, the breadth of neck, waist and hips seem to respond more slowly. The total height is slightly increased, through increase in length of the lower extremities, but the sitting height and girth of head, knees, instep, waist and the length of upper...
...excess in the chest-girth may be accounted for by the prominence of the shoulder blades, for the girth of the waist is consistent with other measurements. The girth of the hips, thighs and knees indicates the nearest approach to perfect symmetry that it is possible to attain. The calves are a trifle small and the insteps somewhat flat; but for these slight deficiencies and the fact that the upper and lower leg are a few centimeters short, the lower extremities would be perfect in form. The upper and forearms are too large for the body and limbs...
After the measurements fo a thousand individuals were obtained, they were tabulated according to age, and the attempt was made to obtain the average height, weight, chest-girth, etc. The averages thus obtained have been used as a working basis up to the present time. Immediately after the examination of the individual, he was furnished with a book, in which his measurements at the time specified were compared with those of an average man of the same age. If a measurement fell below the average, the fact would be indicated by a minus sign; if above, by the plus...
...Brooklyn, Dr. Sargent, of Hemenway Gymnasium at Harvard University, and Archabald Maclaren, of the Gymnasium at Oxford University in England, all find no difficulty in adding in one year from an inch to an inch and a half to the fore and upper arms, and three inches to the girth of chest, of pupils under their charge...