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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 12 (March 1, 1939.)

Torso-teasing

Torso-teasing.

Get phit or go phut. It's your duty to keep fit even if you die in the attempt. Samson in his day never dreamt of the number of ways there are of keeping fit. He grew fit in spite of his ignorance. It is amazing also to think that Goliath and Hercules were able to rise above the disadvantages of their times. Now, had they lived to-day with all the torso-teasing and tissue-titillating tactics available they might have gone really big. But the chances are that they would never have been able to stand up to the strain. Hercules' diet probably was bear's ribs and lion's liver. Poor sap! He knew nothing of vitamins and calories and the strengthening properties of peanuts. He was just dragged up in ignorance, snapping off pillars of temples with his bare hands and breaking the jaws of lions without the faintest scientific knowledge of how to get strong. There are more ways of keeping fit than there are of going to the dogs. But natural ignorance sponsored by natural brawn is not one of them. A bull is strong, but his ignorance on the subject is appalling.

“When jaw meets jaw, then comes the tug-of-war.”

“When jaw meets jaw, then comes the tug-of-war.”