Note 15 — Chapter IX · TRAINING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

“There is method in walking, method in running, method in raising a burthen with as little effort as possible. The [correct] practice of an exercise leads then to a diminution of muscular expenditure, to an economy of work, whence results an apparent increase of the strength of man who does the work.”—Dr. Fernand Lagrange, in “The Physiology of Exercise.”