Continuing our series from Checkley’s Natural Method of Training, we have some more highlights for you today.
Checkley’s Natural Method of Training
By: Edwin Checkley
Second edition, published 1922, excerpts from page 18 and 29.
“It is of the utmost importance, then, at the very outset that a person should do those things properly which occupy so large a percentage of the habits of his life. If there is a reflex action from the correct habits of sitting, standing and breathing, to say nothing of other actions, it is quite clear that the formation of a correct habit will bring a certain percentage of added strength and health with no conscious exertion. It is like having money out at interest. The income does not seem to be worked for.”
from page 18
“The point of what I have urged is this: The muscles must be in the support of the body–and all of the muscles that rightfully should. This does not imply greater labor, but less. What begins by a conscious effort will soon end in a habit–will become an exhilaration. What often passes for fatigue of the muscles is simply irritation arising from impeded circulation of the blood brought about not by the use but the cramping or non-use of muscles.”
from page 29
