Showing the average state of the growth and development of the same number of men (200) after having practised in the Bowdoin Gymnasium half an hour a day four times a week, for a period of six months, under Dr. Sargent. | Height | 5 ft. 81/4 in. | 68.254 in. | | Weight | 137 lbs. | 137.123 lbs. | | Chest (inflated) | 363/4 in. | 36.829 in. | | Chest (contracted) | 33 in. | 33.206 in. | | Forearm | 103/4 in. | 10.760 in. | | Upper arm (flexed) | 12 in. | 11.903 in. | | Shoulders (width) | 161/4 in. | 16.260 in. | | Hips | 333/4 in. | 33.875 in. | | Thigh | 21 in. | 20.964 in. | | Calf | 131/4 in. | 13.232 in. | In this case the apparatus used was light dumb-bells, 2½ lbs.; Indian clubs, 3½ lbs.; pulley-weights, from 10 to 15 lbs.
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