(Webmaster's Notes:  The following book is published for entertainment only.  Although I am quite in agreement with many, but not all, of Mr. Camp's attitudes towards fitness and health, he wrote in the earliest part of the 20th century, and much has been learned since then.  While I applaud his attitude towards physical fitness, exercise, and health, many of his "facts" have since been provem wrong, or at least not fully understood.  I may make the occasional commen along the way, genernally in parentheses and prefaced by WN, for Webmaster's Notes.

I hope you enjoy the book, but check up on the latest facts before following through on the exercise and fitness tips contained within.  By the way, the original book had quite a few illustrationg, and you may see reference here or there to them.  However, I have omitted them on this website.

Donovan Baldwin November 2019)

AMERICANITIS

It is wise to study the condition that we might almost call "Americanitis." The American youth, as shown in the Olympic games, is
not only a match in speed, strength, and stamina for the youth of other nations, but when it comes to the individual specialist even then the
American-trained boy is his superior. We smash records regularly. We have been doing this for a decade with hardly a break. Even those who
criticize our tendency to develop individuals are obliged to admit that this continual advance in athletic prowess fosters the spirit of
emulation among the masses. Moreover, we are improving in the way of distributing our efforts, and more and more men in schools and colleges
come out for physical training and development. We have not by any means perfected the system, but it is on the way. Supplementing this general
athletic development comes now the introduction into the curriculum of military drill.

Finally compulsory military education or at least the compulsory
physical part of it, throughout the country will set up the youth of the
coming race in a way hitherto unthoughtof. It is safe to say that the
next decade will see our youth, and men up to the age of forty, in far
better physical condition than is the case to-day.        

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