MORNING EXERCISES.

Northern Advocate, 17 September 1927, Page 4

MORNING EXERCISES.

CONDEMNED BY DOCTOR. Bedroom exercises first thing in the morning and ballroom dancing were both condemned by Dr. Adopho Abrahams in a lecture given recently at Caxton Hall in connection with Westminster Hospital Week. Dr. Abrahams is a brother of H. M. Abrahams, the Olympic runner, and is himself an athlete with twentylive years’ experience bn the track. Old-time dancing on village greens, Irish jigs, Highland flings and reels wore to be commended, said Dr. Abrahams, buT the ballroom dancing of today, with its minimum of movement in crowded rooms and a bad atmosphere, was obviously unwise. Dr, Abrahams gave the following hints:— Walking is commendable for its simplicity and inexpensiveness. Golf has a very high psychological value. Horse-riding has had the approval of physicians of all ages. Boat racing is the most severe of all forms of violent exercise. Rowing is of value because it exercises a massaging influence on the abdominal muscles. “Physical Jerks” are a poor substitute for natural exercises. Exercise before breakfast is physiologically unsound. Violent exercise should not be undertaken for at least two hours after waking. In the case of girls Dr. Abrahams deplored the modern craze for competitive efforts on the track and the football Held.