Fatty

What is the matter with the majority of people who are contented to drift through life in a state of flabby weakness, more or less tired all the time? Is it pure ignorance? I cannot think that. Do you suppose for one minute that most people don't know that exercise will build strength? Why, every child knows that exercise builds muscle and energy and endurance. Surely the poor physical condition of our people is not because they don't know how t hey can gain strength. Then what is the matter with them? If you are among these people who are physically below standard, just why is it in your own case? Do you know? Have you ever stopped to think about it? You would feel humiliated if you thought you were mentally below standard. Your pride would be hurt too much if any one thought you feeble-minded. Then why are you satisfied to be feeble-bodied?

You can put a period of exercise in your daily routine just as you include shaving. You cannon escape shaving, and so you do it and do not mind it. But you can just as easily put 15 minutes or more of exercise in your morning routine, and you will not mind it. Indeed, you will like it because you feel so much better.

You don't need a gymnasium. You don't need apparatus. All you need is conviction, deep in your heart, that you want to be the man that you should be, the feeling that you must be at your best, and nothing less than that. It is not will-power that you want. Will-power is supposed to be something that helps you to do something against your inclinations. What you need is to change your inclinations, if necessary, so that you want to be fine, superb, specimen that you should be.