APPENDIX II.
Reading edition
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.