The author, Max Unger, was more widely known by his stage name of "Strongfort" or Lionel Strongfort. "Some ... decry the practice of systematic physical culture, and recommend good, honest work as a satisfactory and sufficient means of building muscular tissue and promoting vigor. The toll of this, however, is obvious even to those who have never given the subject any special study, for among the millions of the workers of the world there are extremely few who can claim anything like a symmetrical or athletic development. Nearly all forms of labor are such as to overwork certain parts of the body, while neglecting the muscles of other parts. But in addition to the one-sided development thus brought about, most forms of manual work are of a tedious and exhausting character: they consume but do not build strength: they drain one's vitality, bend his back, stiffen his joints and make him angular and slow. It is true that there are a few varieties of "honest toil" which might he physically beneficial to anyone, but the prevailing long hours for work more than offset the good results that might accrue in such cases, and the fact remains that most laborers are sadly lacking in any true bodily culture." - Lionel Strongfort A must have in your physical culture library. Visit our website and see our many books at PhysicalCultureBooks.com