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