arks of the Thoracic in the order
of their importance, are FLUSHED COMPLEXION, HIGH CHEST and LONG WAIST.
Any person who has these is largely of the Thoracic type, no matter what
other types may be included in his makeup._

CHAPTER III

The Muscular Type

"The Worker"

People in whom the muscular system is proportionately larger and more
highly developed than any of their other systems are Musculars. This
system consists of the muscles of the organism.

The "Lean Meat" Type

The muscle-system of the human body is simply a co-ordinated,
organized arrangement of layers of lean meat, of which every individual
has a complete set.

An individual's muscles may be small, flabby, deficient in strength or
so thin as to be almost imperceptible but they are always
there--elementary in the infant, full grown in the adult and remnants in
the aged. But they are so smoothly fitted together, so closely knitted
and usually so well covered that we seldom realize their complexity or
importance.

In the pure Muscular type his muscles are firm and large. Such muscles
can not be disguised but seem to stand out all over him.

Helpless Without Them

Without them we would be helpless masses of fat and bone; we could not
blink an eye nor lift a finger. Yet we are so accustomed to them that we
rarely think of them and seldom give them credit for what they do.

Without their wonder-work to adjust the eyes we could not see; without
their power the heart would cease to beat. We can not smile, sob, speak
nor sing without using them. We would have no pianists, violinists,
dancers, aviators, inventors or workers of any kind without them.

Everything we put together--from hooks and eyes to skyscrapers--is
planned by our brains but depends for its materialization upon the
muscles of the human body.

How to Know Him

Look at any individual and you will note one of these three
conditions: that his bones seem to be covered just by skin and sinews
(which means that he belongs to the fourth type) or thickly padded with
fat (in which case he is largely of the first type) or well upholstered
with _firm_ meat.

In the latter case he is largely Muscular, no matter what other types
may be present in his makeup.

In a short time you will be able to tell, at a glance, whether the
padding on an individual is mostly fat or mostly muscle, because fat is
always round and soft while muscle is firm and definite.

Physical Solidity