Address:—30, Guildford St., W.C.

Before
Training.
After
3 months.
Increases.
Neck15161
Chest Contracted35½36½
Chest Expanded38⅝423⅜
Upper Arm, Right13⅞15¼1⅜
Upper Arm, Left13⅞14¾
Fore Arm, Right1213¼
Fore Arm, Left11⅞131⅛
Waist28½29½1
Thigh, Right2222¾¾
Thigh, Left21¾22½¾
Calf, Right14¾15
Calf, Left14⅛14½
Height5ft. 7¼in.
Weight10st. 8lbs.10st.9lbs.1
Lung Capacity281
Chest Expansion3⅛62⅞

[2] This pupil had been working three months before joining this school, hence the increases are not so marked as in the case of a beginner.

Roland Hastings

34, Duke Street,
St. James’s, S.W.,
March 4th, 1899.

Dear Mr. Sandow,

Not often is it given to us in this life to sow our seed and gather in the full fruits of the same. Therefore it is with more than ordinary pleasure that I write this letter to say that with your system of Physical Culture this extremely satisfactory result is to be obtained.

When first I joined your school some four or five months ago I was a very fair average specimen of a young Englishman (and our national thews and sinews are by no means to be despised), but owing, in a great measure, I suppose, to my city life, I had run a little to seed, and more than once had required the aid of doctors and tonics. The advice of the former invariably ended with the same formula, “take more exercise.”

I was quite ready to agree with them, as during my holidays in the country, when I was exercising in one form or another nearly the whole day, I felt quite a different man and as fit as possible.