Dio Lewis | Lewis, Dio, Weak Lungs, and How to Make them Strong, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Lewis, Dio, The New Gymnastics for Men, Women and Children, New York: Clarke Brothers, 1883. | | Definition | Objective |
| Use of exercise for the cure/treatment of consumption. Advantages of new system: uses every muscle, ensures all-sided development, exercises changed from one set of muscles to another, thus avoiding weariness & undue disturbance of circulation, ensures a completeness & grace, subordinated to personal or individual wants, purpose of all muscle training is to perfect intermarriage b/t nerve & muscle; this system compels the most complete interaction b/t soul & body, uses apparatus that can’t strain & stiffen the muscles, social life-both sexes & all ages, both sexes unite in all exercises and music. Lewis, New Gymnastics, 7-9. | | Frequency | Type / Mode | | In education, alternate study & physical exercise in periods no longer than half an hour throughout the day. Lewis, Weak Lungs, 233. | Riding horseback, hunting, fishing, & Mountain air, walking, gardening, the ball games. Lewis, Weak Lungs, 246. | | Duration | Time of Day | Intensity | | | | Need for individual prescription of exercise; need to consider which muscles are defective & what exercises are required to bring them into order. Moderation in exercise Lewis, Weak Lungs, 249 and New Gymnastics, 235. | |