Sweat : a history of exercise / Bill Hayes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayes, Bill, 1961- author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exercise--History.

Exercise.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

Exercise is our modern obsession, and we have the fancy workout gear and fads from HIIT to spin classes to hot yoga 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, 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 (3z (Bart of exercising (3y (Bthrough his 1569 book De arte gymnastica. Though largely forgotten over the past five centuries, Mercuriale and his illustrated treatise were pioneering, and are brought back to life in the pages of Sweat. Hayes ties his own personal experience-and ours-to the cultural and scientific history of exercise, from ancient times to the present day, giving us a new way to understand its place in our lives in the 21st century. -- Provided by publisher.

"Hayes ties his own personal experience--and ours--to the cultural and scientific history of exercise, from ancient times to the present day, giving us a new way to understand its place in our lives in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Plunge

Finding Mercuriale

Gym Rats

No Athlete

A Boxer's Diary

Library Rats

A Duel

On the Nature of Running

Mercuriale in Kansas

The Art of Swimming

Inside the Archive

A Refutation of Those Who Think Everyone Should Exercise

The Rest Principle

Esercizio a Roma

A Physical Education

A Practice

The Proof

The Seventies

The Men in the Mirrors

A Break

On the Road to Olympia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781620402283

1620402289

OCLC:

1292019259

Publisher Number:

99989484603