Groupon Says
Before Bicycles Were Accepted
It's hard to imagine, but there was once a time when the bicycle was not considered a feasible means to achieve fitness goals. Just read this excerpt from the July 1922 issue of Athletical Fitnessarian Magazine:
- Bi-cycles used to improve fit-ness? Impossible! What's next? Aeroplanes used to de-liminate ailments of the heart and lung? Most preposterous, I'm afraid, dear readers.
The spurious claims of the dual-wheeled traveling contraption-makers, of improved body-condition arising from under-torso-powered pedaled motions, are entirely unproven and are likely a "Red" plot to undermine war efforts current and expected.
Reader, ask your-self: Other than gratitude to your well-heeled perceptive capacities, what emotion have you sensed when ending a journey by bi-cycle that no ailments have befallen you on your dangerous travails? Shrewd and wisely skeptical fitnessarians would do well to avoid seeking vigor-enhancements by means of bi-cycle.
