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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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CHAPTER
III:
The
Proper
Bodily
Posture
The
very
great
value
of
maintaining
the
body
in
a
proper
position
cannot
be
too
strongly
emphasized.
Man
is
the
only
animal
that
walks
erect.
He
is
the
only
animal
in
whom
old
age
brings
a
forward
bending
of
the
spine.
The
hanging
head,
which
is
the
attitude
of
hopelessness,
and
which
is
caused
to
a
very
large
extent
by
the
mental
attitude
that
goes
with
approaching
old
age,
no
doubt
does
a
great
deal
to
quicken
physical
decline.
Therefore
it
would
be
wise
to
remember
the
very
grave
importance
of
a
straight,
erect
spine.
Each
day
of
your
life
should
be
to
a
certain
extent
a
fight
for
the
best
that
there
is
in
life
and
a
struggle
to
hold
the
spine
as
nearly
erect
as
possible.
If
you
are
sitting
in
a
chair,
sit
up
straight,
head
back,
chin
in.
If
you
are
walking
or
standing,
the
same
rule
should
apply.
The
more
nearly
you
can
assume
the
position
which
is
sometimes
criticized
by
the
sarcastic
statement
that
"He
looks
as
though
he
had
swallowed
a
poker,"
the
more
nearly
you
will
approximate
the
ideal
position.
As
will
be
shown
in
the
succeeding
chapter,
it
is
not
necessary
to
make
extraordinary
efforts
to
hold
the
shoulders
back
or
to
arch
the
chest.
The
one
idea-chin
in,
down
and
backward-will
accomplish
all
that
is
needed.
The
chest
and
shoulders
will
naturally
take
care
of
themselves.
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