How to Get Strong and How to Stay So (1899)/Appendix 6

by William Blaikie

APPENDIX VI.

Taken from Maclaren's "Physical Education." Showing effect of seven months and nineteen days' exercise, under his system, on men ranging from nineteen to twenty-eight years of age. Table of Measurements of First Detachment of Non-commissioned Officers Selected to be Qualified as Military Gymnastic Instructors.

Date.	No.	Measurements, Etc.								Increase.
		Age.	Height.		Weight.		Chest.	Fore- arm.	Upper arm.	Height.	Weight.	Chest.	Fore- arm.	Upper arm.
		Yrs.	Ft.	In.	St.	Lbs.	In.	In.	In.	In.	Lbs.	In.	In.	In.
Sept. 11.	1	19	5	8½	9	2	33	9½	10
April 30.			5	8⅞	10	1	37½	10½	11¾	⅜	13	4½	1	1¾
Sept. 11.	2	21	5	9	10	5	34¾	10	11
April 30.			5	9¼	11	1	34¾	11	12¼	¼	10	3¼	1	1¼
Sept. 11.	3	23	5	5	9	7	34	10½	12
April 30.			5	5¾	10	2	37½	11½	13¼	¾	9	3½	1	1¼
Sept. 11.	4	23	5	7¼	9	13	37	10¼	12
April 30.			5	7¾	10	8	38½	11½	13	½	9	1½	1¼	1
Sept. 11.	5	23	5	8¼	9	10	36	10	11
April 30.			5	8½	10	6	37	10½	12	¼	10	1	½	1
Sept. 11.	6	23	5	9⅛	11	3	36½	11	12
April 30.			5	9¼	11	12	38½	11½	13	⅛	5	2½	¼	1
Sept. 11.	7	23	5	9	10	6	36	10¾	12
April 30.			5	9⅛	10	11	38½	11	13	⅛	5	2½	¼	1
Sept. 11.	8	24	5	8¾	10	8	35	10¾	12¾
April 30.			5	9¼	11	6	40	11¾	14	½	12	5	1	1¼
Sept. 11.	9	26	5	6½	9	5	33	10	11½
April 30.			5	6⅞	9	11½	36	10¼	12¾	⅝	6½	3	¼	1¼
Sept. 11.	10	26¾	5	11⅜	12	6	41	11½	13
April 30.			5	11¾	13	1	42	11½	14	⅜	9	1	{{{1}}}„	1
Sept. 11.	11	28	5	7¾	10	10	37	10½	12½
April 30.			5	8¼	11	9	40	11¾	13¾	½	13	3	1¼	1¼
Sept. 11.	12	28	5	10⅞	10	9	37	10½	13
April 30.			5	11	11	11	40	11¾	14	⅛	16	3	1¼	1

The men composing this detachment had been irregularly selected, the youngest being nineteen, the oldest twenty-eight, the average age twenty-four; and, after a period of eight months' training, the increase in the measurements of the men was—

	Weight.	Chest.	Forearm.	Upper arm.
	Lbs.	In.	In.	In.
The smallest gain …	5	1	¼	1
The largest gain …	16	5	1¼	1¾
The average gain …	10	2⅞	¾	1¾