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water. Twice during the period he ate meat, but found it detrimental and ceased using it. The three weeks he ate but four meals a week, of the foods before mentioned. At 10 a.m of the day the lift was made, he ate six eggs and plenty of bread.

During the eight weeks of training his exercise consisted principally of walking and deep breathing, combined with light gymnastics, and he kept out of doors as much as possible, being a firm believer in the benefits of fresh air and sunshine.

His 1,000,000 pound lifting was performed before a. medical examiner kind many witnesses„ When he had lifted the 1,000 pound weight 800 times his pulse registered only eighty-five, an increase of thirteen beats, showing a wonderful condition of heart and circulation. During the first one hundred lifts Low's arms were folded across his chest. After that his hands rested on a heavy bench and he lifted with arms, legs and back, increasing speed as he neared the close of his feat.

It cost Gilman Low exactly five and three-quarters pounds in the half-hour of lifting. And he prepared for it by living eight weeks on forty-seven meals, an average of one meal in over one and one-fifth days, And at only two of these meals he ate meat, finding afterwards that it interfered with his work.