Lift : fitness culture, from naked Greeks and acrobats to jazzercise and ninja warriors / Daniel Kunitz.
Title:
Lift : fitness culture, from naked Greeks and acrobats to jazzercise and ninja warriors / Daniel Kunitz.
ISBN:
9780062336187
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
©2016
Physical Description:
viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Into the new frontier -- The inner statue -- But is it good for you? -- Feeling, breathing, going to war -- Bodyweight politics -- Hercules and the athletic Renaissance -- Training for the mirror -- Acrobats and beefcake -- The tyranny of the wheel -- From women's work to the women's movement -- Practicing at life.
Summary:
"A cultural history of fitness explores the ways in which human exercise has changed over time and what can be learned from our athletic ancestors, evaluating whether today's high-tech exercise machines are actually productive while making recommendations based on early health practices"-- NoveList.
OCLC Number:
ocn925497494
Availability:
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