Identifier: physicalculture201908macf (find matches)
Title: Physical culture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: MacFadden, Bernarr Aldolphus, 1858-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York : Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ll the plans I have at length chosen the two-meal idea and have tested it under many conditions with the meals at various hours. The no-break-fast plan I could never find truly satisfactory though I tried it repeatedly at length. For the singer who must sing in the evening it is impracticable since the noon and evening meals are thus thrown too closely together and the latter too closely to the time of singing. At least four hours should elapse between a meal and any vocal effort even though the meal be a very light one—a longer time is even better. Singing demands tremendous energy and the stomach should be at rest if possible. Make this a rule as often as you can do so. If I am to sing in the evening I find that alight fruit breakfast at eight and a moderate dinner at two or three in the after-noon leave me in splendid condition, and,since I eat thus when I must sing, I eat thus on other days that I may not besubjected to any irregularity. If one is hungry after the evenings work a little
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Andreas Dippel, a tenor whose repertoire enables him to act as director as well as to sing parts in many operas 372 PHYSICAL CULTURE

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