It is time to say farewell to poor posture and to revitalise your sedentary life - Donald Walker's age-old advice will have you limbering up, in the proper way, before no time.

If you haven't yet discovered the vast array of benefits that arise from physical exertion, then let Walker be your guide. As well as helping to prolong life and improve its happiness, active exercises can help you to achieve a beauty of form, elegant air and graceful manners.

Through a combination of manly exercises such as leaping, skating and climbing trees, you can acquire the physique you desire and become the envy of all gentlemen.

Tips include:
* - The correct way to walk at different paces - slow, moderate and quick
* - The best liquids to consume - primarily cold beer and cider
* - Permitted vegetable matter - including biscuits and stale bread

Step aside young yogies and modern-day fitness afficionados, Walker's Victorian advice is proven, practical and positively transformative.