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"Entire body too thin. Legs, arms, and chest need filling out with additional muscular as well as fatty tissue. A fair sample of the physical condition of the average inactive young girl."

Identifier: physicalculture201908macf (find matches)
Title: Physical culture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: MacFadden, Bernarr Aldolphus, 1858-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York : Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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t be termed beautiful,I believe that my opinion is borne outby the facts when I state that practicallyevery woman can have a finely-developedbody. This means, in conventionalparlance, a superb form. To theordinary woman it might be consideredimproper to speak of the body, but ifthere is one study in life that is morevaluable than any other, it is theproper knowledge of the science of body-building. The body to be beautiful must bestrong. No unsightly angles shouldbe apparent, all its outlines shouldbe made up of curves. For in-stance, from the neck to the shoulder,there should be a gradual sloping awayuntil (me part merges into the other.There should be an appearance ofsymmetry, harmony, one part withanother, which iz the (me necessarycharacteristic of a beautifully formedbody. There should be no large, pro-minent muscles, there should be nobulging bust, or large, massive hips. They are so ugly that they mightalmost be called vulgar. Then again,there is an entirely false conception of
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Entire body too thin. Legs, arms, andchest need filling out with additional mus-cular as well as fatty tissue. A fair sampleof the physical condition of the averageinactive young girl. 210 PHYSICAL CILTTRE

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