Keeping Fit All the Way : How to Obtain and Maintain Health, Strength and Efficiency

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camp, Walter, 1859-1925

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Keeping Fit All the Way" by Walter Camp is a health and fitness guide authored during the early 20th century. This work focuses on promoting physical well-being, strength, and efficiency, particularly in the context of American men who, as Camp notes, often neglect physical activity after their school years, leading to a decline in health. The opening of the text discusses the alarming trend of men abandoning sports and exercise as they transition into adulthood, which Camp argues has contributed to a general deterioration of physical condition among the population. He supports his points with observations on how sedentary lifestyles lead to overall weakness and health issues. Additionally, Camp introduces the concept of developing a coherent and simple physical fitness program that can easily be integrated into daily life, emphasizing the importance of exercise in counteracting the effects of age and lifestyle-induced decline in health and vitality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Notes:

Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2004-10-01