Vitality Supreme

Vitality Supreme, by Bernarr
Macfadden

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Author: Bernarr Macfadden
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VITALITY SUPREME
By Bernarr Macfadden
PREFACE

The war cry of to-day in peace no less than in war is for efficiency. We
need stronger, more capable men; healthier, superior women. Force is
supreme-the king of all mankind. And it is force that stands back of
efficiency, for efficiency, first of all, means power. It comes from
power, and power either comes directly from inheritance or it is
developed by an intelligent application of the laws that control the
culture of the physique. The value of efficiency is everywhere
recognized. The great prizes of life come only to those who are
efficient. Those who desire capacities of this sort must recognize the
importance of a strong, enduring physique. The body must be
developed completely, splendidly. The buoyancy, vivacity, energy,
enthusiasm and ambition ordinarily associated with youth can be
maintained through middle age and in some cases even to old age. If
your efforts are to be crowned with the halo of success, they must be
spurred on by the pulsating throbbing powers that accompany physical
excellence. These truly extraordinary characteristics come without
effort to but few of us, but they can be developed, attained and
maintained.
Why not throb with superior vitality! Why not possess the physical
energy of a young lion? For then you will compel success. You will
stand like a wall if need be, or rush with the force of a charging bison
towards the desired achievements. This book sends forth a message of
paramount importance to those who need added efficiency. Adherence
to the principles laid down herein will add to the characteristics that
insure splendid achievements. They will increase the power of your
body and mind and soul. They will help each human entity to become a
live personality. They will enable you to live fully, joyously. They will
help you to feel, enjoy, suffer, every moment of each day. It is only
when you are thus thrilled with the eternal force of life that you reach
the highest pinnacle of attainable capacities and powers. Hidden forces,
sometimes marvelous and mysterious, lie within nearly every human
soul. Develop, expand and bring out these latent powers. Make your
body splendid, your mind supreme; for then you become your real self,
you possess all your attainable powers. And men thus developed
possess a capital that can not be financially measured. It is worth
infinitely more than money. Within the pages of this volume the

pathway leading to these gratifying rewards is clearly described.
Adhere to the principles set forth and a munificent harvest of physical,
mental and spiritual attainments will surely be yours.
--Bernarr Macfadden
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. VITALITY--WHAT IS IT?
II. FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY-THE SECRET OF POWER
III. THE PROPER BODILY POSTURE
IV. STIMULATING THE SOURCE OF STAMINA AND VITALITY
V. STRAIGHTENING AND STRENGTHENING THE SPINE
VI. CLEANSING AND STIMULATING THE ALIMENTARY
CANAL
VII. EXERCISE FOR VITALITY BUILDING
VIII. HOW TO BREATHE
IX. OUTDOOR LIFE
X. STRENGTHENING THE STOMACH
XI. PRESERVING THE TEETH
XII. HOW TO EAT
XIII. WHAT TO EAT
XIV. FOODS IN THE CURE OF CONSTIPATION

XV. PRESSURE MOVEMENTS FOR BUILDING INNER
STRENGTH
XVI. BLOOD PURIFICATION
XVII. HINTS ON BATHING
XVIII. SOME FACTS ABOUT CLOTHING
XIX. SUGGESTIONS ABOUT SLEEP
XX. MIND--THE MASTER-FORCE FOR HEALTH OR DISEASE
XXI. THE LAUGH CURE
XXII. SINGING-THE GREAT TONIC
XXIII. THE DAILY REGIMEN
CHAPTER I
: Vitality--What is it?
Vitality first of all means endurance and the ability to live long. It
naturally indicates functional and organic vigor. You cannot be vital
unless the organs of the body are possessed of at least a normal degree
of strength and are performing their functions harmoniously and
satisfactorily. To be vital means that you are full of vim and energy,
that you possess that enviable characteristic known as vivacity. It
means that you are vibrating, pulsating with life in all its most
attractive forms. For life, energy, vitality-call it what you wish-in all its
normal manifestations, will always be found attractive.
A vital man is at all times thoroughly alive. The forces of life seem to
imbue every part of his organism with energy, activity and all
characteristics opposed to things inanimate. A vital man is naturally
enthusiastic. He can hardly avoid being ambitious.