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Author Hayes, Bill, 1961- author.

Title Sweat : a history of exercise / Bill Hayes.

Publication Info. London : Bloomsbury, 2022.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2212603~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  613.71 HAY    AVAILABLE
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Description 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Contents 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.
Summary "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.
Subject Exercise -- History.
Physical fitness -- History.
Physical education and training -- History.
Added Title History of exercise
ISBN 9781620402283
1620402289
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