The 100-UP Exercise

38 THE " 100-lJP" EXERCISE while exercising. Practise slowly until the necessary balance is acquired and the exercise can be accomplished with ease. Otherwise the " 100-Up " will be found unsatisfactory. The preliminary practice as set out above is intended mainly for the purpose of preparing the leg muscles for the more severe strain required of them for the '' 100-Up '' Exercise proper. It is the primary step in becoming a " Centurion." A Warning Note. I have said 1:hat the knee must be brought up to the level of the hip at each movement. Perhaps this is too much to ask from all who give the exercise a trial, for the " 100- p" is a general exercise in which all may participate, with advantage and benefit to themselves. What I mean is that the bringing up of the knee to the full height is the perfection stage, and the one which all users of the exercise should aim at ; but it stands to reason that a very delicate or weakly youngster, an elderly person, or a fat individual of any age or either sex would find it impossible of accomplishment. To these I would ay, rai e the knee as high as convenience and comfort render possible of achievement, and set the mind and will on the ultimat accomplishment, little by little, of the per– fection stage, i.e., · the desired height. By dint of regular practice, the man or woman encumbered with too much fat will find the superfluous tissue gradually vanish ; and ihe delicate or weakly person who at first can only lift the knee up halfway will gradually