+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| ANDERSON, G. W. |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| | Weight. | Lung | Right | Left | Chest. | Back. | Legs. |
| | | Capacity.| Hand. | Hand. | | | |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| Jan. 20 | 163 | 500 | 108 | 97 | 85 | 425 | 900 |
| Feb. 20 | 163 | 535 | 109 | 105 | 70 | 380 | 570 |
| Mar. 20 | 159 | 530 | 110 | 103 | 75 | 410 | 720 |
| Apr. 20 | 161 | 500 | 101 | 97 | 85 | 490 | 810 |
| May 26 | 159 | 532 | 120 | 100 | 80 | 475 | 885 |
| June 17 | 157 | 530 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 530 | 840 |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| |
| ANDERSON, W. L. |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| Jan. 20 | 139 | 420 | 95 | 88 | 145 | 410 | 625 |
| Feb. 20 | 136 | 440 | 95 | 80 | 137 | 550 | 560 |
| Mar. 20 | 135 | 430 | 95 | 85 | 140 | 510 | 570 |
| Apr. 20 | 138 | 460 | 93 | 75 | 165 | 650 | 730 |
| May 26 | 134 | 450 | 90 | 70 | 155 | 570 | 880 |
| June 17 | 137 | 450 | 95 | 85 | 160 | 600 | 860 |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| |
| BELLIS. |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| Jan. 20 | 180 | 550 | 130 | 130 | 155 | 550 | 825 |
| Feb. 20 | 174 | 500 | 155 | 135 | 135 | 580 | 925 |
| Mar. 20 | 176 | 550 | 150 | 135 | 155 | 500 | 900 |
| Apr. 20 | 177 | 510 | 160 | 150 | 150 | 560 | 1111 |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| |
| CALLAHAN. |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| Jan. 20 | 204 | 565 | 105 | 110 | 145 | 450 | 620 |
| Feb. 20 | 193 | 560 | 120 | 120 | 145 | 440 | 590 |
| Mar. 20 | 185 | 565 | 125 | 115 | 145 | 420 | 650 |
| Apr. 20 | 181 | 580 | 120 | 120 | 145 | 530 | 685 |
| June 18 | 184 | | 120 | 115 | 140 | 520 | 890 |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| |
| DONAHUE. |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| Jan. 20 | 142 | 320 | 95 | 100 | 74 | 330 | 500 |
| Feb. 20 | 136 | 345 | 105 | 115 | 95 | 340 | 490 |
| Mar. 20 | 137 | 400 | 110 | 95 | 100 | 340 | 710 |
| May 1 | 138 | 420 | 95 | 80 | 115 | 360 | 650 |
| May 26 | 137 | 425 | 103 | 90 | 135 | 430 | 570 |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| |
| JACOBUS. |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| Jan. 20 | 126 | 350 | 97 | 93 | 96 | 250 | 300 |
| Feb. 20 | 124 | 380 | 97 | 97 | 75 | 460 | 470 |
| Mar. 20 | 125 | 370 | 95 | 95 | 80 | 430 | 490 |
| May 2 | 124 | 350 | 85 | 90 | 100 | 350 | 510 |
| May 26 | 125 | 360 | 95 | 95 | 110 | 360 | 600 |
| June 16 | 125 | 375 | 95 | 85 | 120 | 400 | 700 |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| |
| SCHENKER. |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| Jan. 20 | 161 | 485 | 112 | 90 | 135 | 410 | 440 |
| Feb. 20 | 159 | 490 | 115 | 90 | 125 | 530 | 730 |
| Mar. 20 | 158 | 500 | 100 | 95 | 120 | 550 | 780 |
| Apr. 20 | 164 | 490 | 90 | 90 | 127 | 410 | 580 |
| May 26 | 159 | 500 | 125 | 105 | 155 | 470 | 850 |
| June 9 | 160 | 500 | 110 | 110 | 155 | 570 | 910 |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| |
| STAPLETON. |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
| Jan. 20 | 170 | 520 | 105 | 105 | 155 | 455 | 570 |
| Feb. 20 | 167 | 520 | 105 | 110 | 160 | 550 | 690 |
| Mar. 20 | 170 | 500 | 100 | 100 | 145 | 350 | 600 |
| Apr. 20 | 162 | 500 | 100 | 105 | 155 | 410 | 670 |
| May 26 | 164 | 515 | 100 | 95 | 150 | 470 | 770 |
+---------+---------+----------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| ANDERSON, G. W. |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| | Pull up. | Push up. | Vault and | Run. | Product. | Total. |
| | | | Ladder. | | | |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| Jan. 20 | 8 | 11 | E | 1.05 | 3300 | 4913 |
| Feb. 20 | 10 | 14 | E | 1.07 | 3972 | 5206 |
| Mar. 20 | 10 | 9 | E | 1.07 | 3021 | 4439 |
| Apr. 20 | 13 | 11 | | 1.05 | 3864 | 5387 |
| May 26 | 9 | 15 | | | 3816 | 5476 |
| June 17 | 12 | 14 | | | 4082 | 5722 |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| |
| ANDERSON, W. L. |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| Jan. 20 | 13 | 20 | E | 0.48 | 4553 | 6016 |
| Feb. 20 | 15 | 25 | E | 0.45 | 5520 | 6942 |
| Mar. 20 | 11 | 15 | E | 0.47 | 3510 | 4890 |
| Apr. 20 | 12 | 30 | | 1.04 | 5806 | 7519 |
| May 26 | 25 | 31 | | | 7504 | 9267 |
| June 17 | 30 | 26 | | | 7672 | 9472 |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| |
| BELLIS. |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| Jan. 20 | 10 | 13 | E | 1.06 | 4653 | 5993 |
| Feb. 20 | 11 | 15 | E | 1.08 | 4615 | 6445 |
| Mar. 20 | 12 | 20 | E | 1.08 | 5728 | 7568 |
| Apr. 20 | 13 | 21 | | | 6035 | 8165 |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| |
| CALLAHAN. |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| Jan. 20 | 2 | 1 | D | 1.20 | 724 | 2154 |
| Feb. 20 | 4 | 3 | F | 1.18 | 1365 | 2780 |
| Mar. 20 | 5 | 4 | E | 1.15 | 1692 | 3142 |
| Apr. 20 | 5 | 4 | | 1.16 | 1629 | 3229 |
| June 18 | 7 | 5 | | 1.14 | 2208 | 3983 |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| |
| DONAHUE. |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| Jan. 20 | 12 | 12 | E | 1.04 | 3480 | 4584 |
| Feb. 20 | 13 | 14 | E | 1.04 | 3753 | 4905 |
| Mar. 20 | 15 | 16 | E | 1.06 | 4309 | 5664 |
| May 1 | 17 | 16 | | | 4554 | 5854 |
| May 26 | 17 | 16 | | | 4589 | 5917 |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| |
| JACOBUS. |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| Jan. 20 | 14 | 14 | E | 1.00 | 3712 | 4548 |
| Feb. 20 | 15 | 15 | E | 1.02 | 3683 | 4883 |
| Mar. 20 | 15 | 15 | E | 1.03 | 3810 | 5000 |
| May 2 | 15 | 14 | | 1.03 | 3610 | 4740 |
| May 26 | 14 | 17 | | | 3875 | 5135 |
| June 16 | 15 | 19 | | | 4267 | 5667 |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| |
| SCHENKER. |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| Jan. 20 | 14 | 14 | E | 1.06 | 4771 | 5728 |
| Feb. 20 | 14 | 15 | E | 1.07 | 4748 | 6338 |
| Mar. 20 | 15 | 15 | E | 1.12 | 4830 | 6475 |
| Apr. 20 | 17 | 15 | | 1.10 | 5248 | 6545 |
| May 26 | 16 | 15 | | 1.08 | 5104 | 6809 |
| June 9 | 17 | 16 | | | 5280 | 7135 |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| |
| STAPLETON. |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
| Jan. 20 | 11 | 12 | E | 1.21 | 3961 | 5351 |
| Feb. 20 | 6 | 10 | E | 1.22 | 2704 | 4319 |
| Mar. 20 | 7 | 12 | E | | 3268 | 4563 |
| Apr. 20 | 9 | 14 | | | 3726 | 5886 |
| May 26 | 12 | 20 | | | 5248 | 6833 |
+---------+----------+----------+-----------+------+----------+--------+
Naturally, in the case of these men the gain in strength recorded
cannot be assigned to systematic training. The only change in their
mode of living which can in any sense be considered as responsible for
the improvement is the change in diet. The main fact to be emphasized,
however, is that these men—trained athletes, accustomed to living on
relatively large amounts of proteid food—for a period of five months
reduced their intake of proteid food more than fifty per cent without
loss of bodily strength, but, on the contrary, with a marked improvement
in their muscular power.
Most striking is this gain in strength when compared with the very
marked decline in the rate of proteid metabolism. Thus, in the case
of Jacobus, the excretion of metabolized nitrogen was reduced to 7.43
grams per day as the average for the last two months of the experiment,
yet his strength test showed an increase from 4548 in January to 5667
for June. Further, it must be recalled that an excretion of 7.43 grams
of nitrogen means the metabolism of only 46.4 grams of proteid matter.
Similarly, in the case of Donahue, a very active man whose work on the
Varsity basket-ball team called for vigorous exercise, his strength
test rose from 4584 to 5917 on a daily diet which led to the metabolism
of only 7.39 grams of nitrogen per day, or about 46 grams of proteid
matter. Further, Donahue frequently referred to the far greater freedom
from fatigue he experienced on the low proteid diet, and he was clearly
conscious of a distinct improvement in his physical condition.
[Illustration: W. L. ANDERSON