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Building of Vital Power Building OF Vital Power DEEP BREATHING AND A COMPLETE SYSTEM FOR STRENGTHENING THE HEART, LUNGS, STOMACH AND ALL THE GREAT VITAL ORGANS r* BERNARR MACFADDEN Autiior and Editor OF THE \ \ or PI m.lMiKli BY PHYSICAL CULTURE PUBLISHING COMPANY FLATIRON BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY Orchard Leigh, Chesham, Buckinghamshire ENGLAND Primed in U. S. A. -\ fiUOLOGY LIBRARY Copyright, 1904, by Bernarr Macfadden Entered at Stationers' Hall All rights reserved OF THE PREFACE, My friends, do you realize the meaning of VITAL POWER ? Have you ever experienced that super- abundance of health which breeds an intense satisfac- tion with life and all living things °? Have you ever felt the supreme joy of mere existence ? The satis- faction that makes you exclaim: "There is indeed ! ' zest in life ' Are you filled with a sense of exhilara- tion, almost amounting to intoxication °? If not, you do not possess the subtle force of life in all its pristine strength! You do not possess the power that the Creator meant to be yours every day—every hour of your life ! Artificial environments have robbed you of the primal element of your existence as it should be and you are, in consequence, to be vastly pitied. Vital power is the force that makes itself manifest in every act and thought of your being. It is the cause of the unceasing crimson tides that course through your veins, of the exquisite sensibility of your nervous system, of the untiring strength and elasticity of your thews and sinews. Of the laugh that enlivens, the eloquent flash and glance of the eye, the dreams of the poet, the musings of the philos- opher, the marvels of the scientist. We see it in its 3 7768 4 PREFACE perfected physical form in the shape of a stag or race horse. We note it in its mental attitudes when we consider the miracles of an Edison or a Marconi. It is life itself and only they who have it in abundance know what living actually is. Without a normal degree of vital power, the attain- ment or retainment of health is impossible. Herein lies the close relation between physical culture and vitality, for the former is the parent of the latter by enabling all the organs of the body to perform their individual functions in that orderly fashion that Nature intended that they should when she designed them. So that physical culture makes for health, and vital power is invariably the outcome or rather the companion of a perfectly balanced physical or- ganism. This book was written for those who desire absolute health ; who wish to possess the best there is in life, to have all their vital bodily powers magnificently de- veloped. Vitality is needed in every sphere of hu- man effort. It imparts the power to do things! Every one of us desires to feel "good and strong'' and "up to the mark." Health and a fine physical or- ganism are worth more than all the wealth in the world. For those who are wishing to obtain that physical PREFACE 5 condition which is ordinarily termed "perfect health," I consider no one of the many books that I have written to be superior to this in value. That it may go out into the world and make each of its readers better equipped for life's duties and re- sponsibilities is the wish of L^4^z jlAA/ s^z-^A^^^s-- CONTENTS Chapter I WHAT IS VITAL POWER? PAGE Majority of People Lack Full Possession of Vital Power — Civilized Conditions to Blame — Not to Be Had Through Drugs — Vital Power Within the Eeach of All .... 13 Chapter II VITAL POWER DEPENDS ON FUNCTIONAL VIGOR Development of Vital Power Means More Than Development of External Muscular System — Strengthening of Vital Or- gans Most Important Part — More Than Exercise Needed — Important Value of Air and Water, .Respiration and Food 18 Chapter III BLOOD AND VITALITY The Purer the Blood the Greater the Vitality of the Body — Vitality Stored in Living Cells — Importance of Having Dead Cells Beplaced by the Cells Full of Life .... 24 Chapter IV ORGANS OF DIGESTION, CIRCULATION AND RESPIRATION The Making of the Blood — The Work it Does — How the Wonderful Process of Digestion is Carried on — How Cells of the Body are Nourished and Beplaced — The Organs of Bespi ration — How the Oxygen in the Blood Burns up Waste , 28 CONTENTS 7 Chapter V BUILDING VITAL POWER WITH LONG WALKS PAGE Necessity of Walking Properly-— When, Where and How to Walk — How to Dress for a Long Walk — Energizing Ef- fect upon the Body of a Long Walk 36 Chapter VI VAST IMPORTANCE OF WATER Three-Fourths of Body Composed of Water — Important In- ternal Cleansing Agent — Benders Minerals Soluble Within the Body — Carries Away Effete Matter — Some Advice Based on My Own Experience 51 Chapter YII INCREASING DIGESTIVE AND ASSIMILATIVE POWER The Question of Diet — General Regime for Increasing Diges- tive and Assimilative Power — Variety of Food to be De- sired — Normal Appetite a Proper Guide — Consideration of Paw Food and Vegetarian Diet — Baw Foods Possess Abundance of Living Cells — Cooked Food Benders Cells Dead — Value of Natural Diet — Meat Discussed ... 55 Chapter VIII HOW A POWERFUL STOMACH MAY BE ACQUIRED Stomach of Vast Importance in Building of Vital Power — Digestion a Muscular Process — Perfect Digestion Depend- ent Upon Powerful Stomach Muscles — Importance of Exer- cises that Strengthen the Stomach and Small Intestine — Percussion for the Abdominal Begion Illustrated ... 75 Chapter IX THE HEART MADE POWERFUL Heart One Mass of Muscular Tissue — Defined as a Great Muscle — Heart Needs Exercise Same as Other Organs of 8 CONTENTS PAGE Bod}- — Disease of Heart — How Caused — Strengthening the Heart — The Absolute Necessity of This as an Aid to Vitality — The Power of a Very Weak Heart May be Built Up — Eight Breathing the Best Tonic of All .... 90 Chapter X DEVELOPING GREAT LUNG POWER The Great Xeed of Strong Lungs — Poor Lung Capacity of Average Person — What is Correct Normal Expansion? — Deep Breathing Develops a Fine Chest 113 Chapter XI PURE AIR OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE Pure Air Preventive of Consumption — Healing Power of Air — Pure Air Considered as a Food — Erroneous Impressions Regarding Xight Air — Fools Fear Draughts — Impure Air Poisonous 117 Chapter XII PERFECT VENTILATION Average Home Stagnant With Foul Air — Difficulty of Find- ing Open Windows in Homes — Conveyances Foul With Poisonous Air — Aerated Rooms — Illustrated Suggestions for Perfect Ventilation 122 Chapter XIII ERRONEOUS METHODS OF BREATHING " Quiet" Breathing Used by Weaklings — An Abomination — Does not Purify All of Blood Sent to Lungs — Other Com- mon Errors in Regard to Breathing 131 Cttaptei, XIV DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES Air Starvation — Consumption in a Great Many Instances CONTENTS 9 ..'AGE Caused by Lack of Pure Air — Fresh Air Treatment for Consumption — Invalids Deprived of Fresh Air — Absolute Necessity of Deep Breathing — Proper Methods of Breath- ing Plainly Illustrated 138 Chapter XV THE USE OF LUNG TESTERS Various Devices that Have Been Invented — All Possess Some Merit — How an Inexpensive Spirometer can be Made at Home — Two Home-made Spirometers Illustrated . 146 Chapter XVI BREATHING AND MUSCULAR EXERCISES COMBINED Deep Eegular Breathing Necessary in Muscular Exercise — Less Fatigue in Muscular Exertion — Exercises Tear Down Old Tissue and Dead Cells — Demand for Oxygen to Re- build and Repair — Some Combined Breathing and Muscu- lar Exercises Illustrated 157 Chapter XVII sun and air baths vitalize the body The Air Bath and Its Value — Skin a Breathing Organ — Demands Air Same as Lungs — Also Important Eliminat- ing Organ — Breathes Out Impurities — Exhilarating Ef- fect of Bath — A Guarantee Against Colds and Coughs . 166 Chapter XVIII THE DEPURATING AND BLOOD PURIFYING ORGANS Importance of the Skin, Kidneys, Lower Bowel and Lungs — The Part They Play in Carrying Off Waste Products — Pure Blood Depends Upon Perfect Working of the Func- tional Processes 172 10 CONTENTS Chapter XIX CLOTHING PAGE Perverted Ideas in "Regard to Clothing — Dress for Comfort — Minimum of Clothing Desirable at All Times — Cold Bene- ficial — Air Must Reach Skin — My Own Experience . .181 Chapter XX RESTFUL SLEEP POWERFUL MEANS OF BUILDING VITAL VIGOR Perfect Nourishment of Body Takes Place During Sleeping Hours — Assimilation Greatest Before Midnight — Sugges- tions on How to Sleep Restfully — Cause of Insomnia — How Treated and Cured 185 Chapter XXI MENTAL ATTITUDE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR The Mental Attitude that Makes for Health — Pest, Relaxa- tion and Recuperation — Happiness as Contagious as Dis- ease — Don't be a Chronic Grumbler 202 Chapter XXII DRY FRICTION BATH Wonderfully Exhilarating Skin Tonic — Vast Importance of Possessing an Active Skin — Appearance of a Constantly Groomed Horse — Vibrates With Nervous Vitality — Skin of Average Person Leaden and Dead — How Friction Bath is Taken 205 Chapter XXIII IMPORTANCE OF FREQUENT BATHING Vital Power Increased by Proper Bathing — The True Ob- ject of Bathing — Accelerates the Action of the Skin and Functional and Muscular Systems — Warm Baths Needed Only for Keeping the Body Perfectly Clean and Wholesome — Cold Bath a Rare Tonic — Value of Plunge and Shower Baths — Proper Time to Take Bath . 217 — CONTENTS 11 Chapter XXIV STRENGTHENING THE KIDNEYS PAGE Vast Importance of the Kidneys — Diseases of Kidneys — How Caused — Tobacco, Alcohol and Stimulating Diet Principal Factors in Destroying the Power of Kidneys — General Treatment — Exercises for Strengthening These Important Organs 227 Chapter XXV CONSTIPATION DESTROYS VITALITY Constipation One of the Greatest Foes to Abundant Vitality — Symptoms of the Trouble —• Causes That Lead Up to It Inactive Habit of Life Primary Cause — Diet, Cathartics and Use of Corset Frequent Factors 241 Chapter XXVI HOW TO REMEDY CONSTIPATION Natural Methods Only Methods That Can Eelieve — Com- bination of Diet, Exercise and Physical Upbuilding Unfail- ing Method of Cure — Pills and Cathartics Interfere With Recovery — Aggravate Trouble — Colon Flushing a Substi- tute .
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