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    Lift : fitness culture, from naked Greeks and acrobats to jazzercise and ninja warriors / Daniel Kunitz.
    by Kunitz, Daniel
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    Harper Wave, c2016.
    Call #:613.7 K96L
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  • ISBN: 
    9780062336187 (hc)
    0062336185 (hc)
    Edition: 
    1st ed.
    Description: 
    viii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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    Includes bibliographical references ([283]-304) and index.
    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
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