
Walker's Manly Exercises
Donald Walker(Author)
Michael Joseph Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 31. May 2018
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-241-34915-1 (ISBN)
Description
It is time to say farewell to poor posture and to revitalise your sedentary life - Donald Walker's age-old advice will have you limbering up, in the proper way, before no time.
If you haven't yet discovered the vast array of benefits that arise from physical exertion, then let Walker be your guide. As well as helping to prolong life and improve its happiness, active exercises can help you to achieve a beauty of form, elegant air and graceful manners.
Through a combination of manly exercises such as leaping, skating and climbing trees, you can acquire the physique you desire and become the envy of all gentlemen.
Tips include:
? - The correct way to walk at different paces - slow, moderate and quick
? - The best liquids to consume - primarily cold beer and cider
? - Permitted vegetable matter - including biscuits and stale bread
Step aside young yogies and modern-day fitness afficionados, Walker's Victorian advice is proven, practical and positively transformative.
If you haven't yet discovered the vast array of benefits that arise from physical exertion, then let Walker be your guide. As well as helping to prolong life and improve its happiness, active exercises can help you to achieve a beauty of form, elegant air and graceful manners.
Through a combination of manly exercises such as leaping, skating and climbing trees, you can acquire the physique you desire and become the envy of all gentlemen.
Tips include:
? - The correct way to walk at different paces - slow, moderate and quick
? - The best liquids to consume - primarily cold beer and cider
? - Permitted vegetable matter - including biscuits and stale bread
Step aside young yogies and modern-day fitness afficionados, Walker's Victorian advice is proven, practical and positively transformative.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-34915-1 (9780241349151)
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Donald Walker
Walker's Manly Exercises
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1st Edition
Penguin Books Ltd
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Person
Donald Walker was a Victorian author of several books, including Walker's Manly Exercises and Exercises for Ladies. He helped to introduce British society to an unfamiliar topic in the early nineteenth century: physical education.