Lift
Subtitle: fitness culture, from naked Greeks and acrobats to jazzercise and ninja warriors
By: Daniel Kunitz
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780062336187
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Social aspects; Physical fitness; Exercise; Physical education and training
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Into the new frontier; title: The inner statue; title: But is it good for you?; title: Feeling, breathing, going to war; title: Bodyweight politics; title: Hercules and the athletic Renaissance; title: Training for the mirror; title: Acrobats and beefcake; title: The tyranny of the wheel; title: From women's work to the women's movement; title: Practicing at life.