A Review Of Swedish Gymnastics Classic Reprint

Author : Theodore Hough
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330158739
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book A Review of Swedish Gymnastics written by Theodore Hough and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Review of Swedish Gymnastics The physical condition or health of a human being at any age until growth is completed is the result of a process of physical development. In actual life, Athene does not spring full-fledged from the brow of Jove, nor Venus from the foam of the sea. For one hundred and seventy-five thousand two hundred hours the most varied physiological activities have been at work to make the man or woman of twenty years; and, could we read but deep enough, we could see that the conditions which obtained during each of those hours have contributed their share to the final structure, the health, the possibilities of that living being. Development, in short, is the result of three factors: - 1. Heredity. - It is not necessary to attempt a definition of this term. It is the expression of the structure and characters of the fertilized ovum from which all the cells of the body are derived. It gives us the living material upon which we must work in education, and at once determines the possibilities, the limitations, and, to a certain extent, the course of training. 2. Environment, both of the body as a whole and of each of its units, the living cells. This would include the external conditions of life and the chemical and physical characters of the blood. Under it we would include the food supply, the surrounding temperature, clothing, the care of the young by the parents, the hygienic conditions of the dwelling, bathing, and so on. 3. Activity of each cell and of the body as a whole. By activity I do not mean simply muscular activity; that is merely the activity of one kind of cell, - the muscle fibre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.