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Kunitz, Daniel
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Physical fitness -- Social aspects.
Physical education and training -- Social aspects.
Exercise -- Social aspects.
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Kunitz, Daniel
Physical fitness -- Social aspects.
Physical education and training -- Social aspects.
Exercise -- Social aspects.
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Lift : fitness culture, from naked Greeks and acrobats to jazzercise and ninja warriors / Daniel Kunitz.
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Kunitz, Daniel
Harper Wave, c2016.
Call #:
613
.7
K96L
Subjects
Physical fitness -- Social aspects.
Physical education and training -- Social aspects.
Exercise -- Social aspects.
ISBN:
9780062336187 (hc)
0062336185 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
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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