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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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CHAPTER
XV:
Pressure
Movements
for
Building
Inner
Strength
Several
years
ago
I
discovered
a
unique
and
very
effective
means
of
strengthening
the
heart,
lungs,
stomach
and
other
internal
organs.
I
arranged
a
system
of
lessons,
consisting
of
various
pressure
movements,
which
I
termed
an
Inner
Strength
Course.
As
my
experience
with
this
course
had
been
limited,
I
refrained
at
the
time
from
presenting
its
fundamental
theories
to
the
general
public.
I
issued
the
course
in
a
series
of
four
lessons,
and
the
strength
of
each
applicant
was
ascertained
through
questions
before
the
course
was
sent
to
him.
The
experience
with
several
hundred
students,
however,
has
so
thoroughly
confirmed
the
value
of
this
method
of
internal
vitality
building
that
I
am
now
in
a
position
where
I
can
present
the
ideas
upon
which
it
is
based
to
the
general
public.
The
usual
price
of
this
course
was
five
dollars,
and
several
thousand
courses
were
sold
at
this
price,
each
student
naturally
receiving
a
certain
amount
of
personal
attention.
The
same
ideas,
however,
are
presented
in
this
chapter,
with
the
warning
that
those
who
use
the
pressure
exercises
recommended
must
take
care
to
avoid
pressing
upon
the
internal
organs
beyond
their
resisting
power.
The
various
forms
of
pressure
movements
recommended
are
clearly
illustrated
and
those
who
are
not
especially
strong
should
begin
with
a
very
mild
pressure
and
with
the
open
hand
placed
upon
the
abdomen
or
chest,
though
where
ordinary
or
unusual
strength
is
possessed,
the
side
of
the
open
or
closed
hand
could
be
used.
These
exercises
are
especially
valuable
for
strengthening
the
heart
where
the
pressure
movements
are
used
very
freely
near
this
particular
organ.
They
can
be
highly
recommended
for
strengthening
the
stomach
though
they
should
not
be
used
immediately
after
a
meal.
I
referred
to
their
value
in
the
chapter
on
constipation
in
connection
with
the
treatment
of
this
ailment.
After
a
long
trial
this
system
of
increasing
the
internal
strength
is
highly
recommended,
and
will
be
found
of
special
value
as
a
means
of
varying
the
health-building
methods
that
may
be
adopted
for
securing
throbbing
vitality.
They
are
not
a
necessary
part
of
the
plan
of
body
building
especially
recommended
in
this
volume,
but
are
presented
merely
as
a
valuable
means
of
varying
your
efforts
in
working
for
increased
vitality.
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