'I was riveted by Sweat and its extraordinary tale of the ups and
downs of exercise over millennia' Jane Fonda 'Does what all good
history books should do: take the past and make it vastly more
human' The Times _________________________ From the author of
Insomniac City 'who can tackle just about any subject in book form,
and make you glad he did' (San Francisco Chronicle): a cultural,
scientific, literary, and personal history of exercise Exercise is
our modern obsession, and we have the fancy workout gear and fads
to prove it. Exercise - a form of physical activity distinct from
sports, play, or athletics - was an ancient obsession, too, but as
a chapter in human history, it's been largely overlooked. In Sweat,
Bill Hayes runs, jogs, swims, spins, walks, bikes, boxes, lifts,
sweats, and downward-dogs his way through the origins of different
forms of exercise, chronicling how they have evolved over time, and
dissecting the dynamics of human movement. Hippocrates, Plato,
Galen, Susan B. Anthony, Jack LaLanne, and Jane Fonda, among many
others, make appearances in Sweat, but chief among the historical
figures is Girolamo Mercuriale, a Renaissance-era Italian physician
who aimed singlehandedly to revive the ancient Greek "art of
exercising" through his 1569 book De arte gymnastica. In the pages
of Sweat, Mercuriale and his illustrated treatise are vividly
brought back to life. asHayes ties his own personal experience to
the cultural and scientific history of exercise, from ancient times
to the present day, he gives us a new way to understand its place
in our lives in the 21st century.
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