At the right is a 1901 advertisment for "The Swoboda System of Physiological Exercise". Alois Swoboda of Chicago claimed to have the only system of exercise that conformed to the laws of Physiology! Not only did it promote perfect health but promised it "absolutely cured constipation, indegestion, sleeplessness, nervous exhaustion and revitalized the whole body!" I know that weight training may help pave the way toward good health, but I am not sure it can cure all that Alois claimed. Still, it must have worked for him, as Mr. Swoboda, seen in the photograph, is the perfect picture of health and muscularity.