Excerpt from Bragg’s Build Powerful Nerve Force Book — Chapter 5
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There is nothing better to build powerful Nerve Force than a brisk two to five mile hike everyday. You’re too old and flabby? Nonsense! Dad’s a great great grandfather and he loves to hike, jog, run, swim, ride his bicycle, climb mountains, play tennis and enjoys playing many other athletic sports. You’re never too old to start! Of course, we don’t expect you to plunge right in and become an athlete overnight! Do it gradually. Start out with a one mile hike every day for a week. Then increase it to two miles. As you exercise your muscles, your blood starts circulating briskly through your body. Breathe deeply and fill your lungs with oxygen. You will feel new vigor and vitality surging through you! You will eat with a good appetite and you will sleep like a baby. Your Nerve Force reservoirs will soon be filled with energy, go-power and you will have a new zest for living!
The more time you spend in the fresh air and gentle sunshine doing physical activity, the greater your reserves of Nerve Force will be! In our long experience as teachers of health, fitness and longevity, we found those who exercise regularly have greater poise and a more balanced personality. They are also generally free from nervous and emotional stress that plague the typically inactive person.
This is apparent among children. The inactive child who refuses to join his playmates in play, games and sports is generally the “odd” child, nervous and emotionally unstable. The active child who loves playing games and sports is almost always better balanced emotionally because their energies are directed along constructive lines of action. The same holds true with teenagers. When their energies are channeled into games, sports and outdoor activities, they don’t have idle time or energy to get into trouble. They enjoy better grades and health. In the Hawaiian Islands, the swimming is so ideal that we have great fun hosting swimming contests with youngsters of all ages. They splash and dive in the water, and their merry laughter rings in the clear, tropical air! When we talk to the parents of these active children, we find they have absolutely no emotional or social problems with them. No matter what your age, exercise can do wonders for you. It is never too late to start tapping the rich veins of vitality lying dormant within every person! If you want to be well-balanced emotionally and free of stresses, strains and tensions — make it a habit to get outdoors for physical activity at least once every day.