Word: strength
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This suggestion should be extended to include the candidates for all other athletic teams which will represent Harvard in intercollegiate contests. The candidates for the crew, track team, and nine should keep in such good health and strength during the winter that when the season of active training begins they will be in condition to do hard work from the first. If this is done, the preliminary work to get the men into condition will be unnecessary, and the members of the teams will be stronger and have greater endurance throughout the season. The danger of over-training will...
...reason for this lack of strength and endurance is what must be found out. Some believe that the training has been too hard and long. But it has been, in fact, lighter than in past years, and no heavier than the Princeton and Pennsylvania training this fall. The question of how long and how hard the training shall be can safely be left to the coaches, the trainer and the medical advisors...
Many other ideas about the Harvard system of training have been held and many comments made. The often heard suggestion that the dampness and fogs arising from the marshes near the field had a bad effect on the players' health and strength should be carefully considered and its truth or groundlessness determined. If the present location of the Athletic Field is to have a bad effect on the athletic teams, it should be changed at once and at any cost for a more healthful spot...
...time to begin preparations for next year. If all men who expect to try for the team next year will exercise regularly and keep in good condition and training during the intervening time, there will be less likelihood that the team will fail from lack of mere physical strength and endurance...
...second half the magnificent physical condition of the Pennsylvania team told strongly in their favor. They played the game through without a substitute and seemed to gain strength by hard play instead of losing...