{"product_id":"9781526662569-sweat","title":"Sweat","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA History of Exercise\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was riveted by\u003ci\u003e Sweat \u003c\/i\u003eand its extraordinary tale of the ups and downs of exercise over millennia' Jane Fonda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘\u003c\/i\u003eDoes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhat all good history books should do: take the past and make it vastly more human’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eInsomniac City\u003c\/i\u003e 'who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and make you glad he did' (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle)\u003c\/i\u003e: a cultural, scientific, literary, and personal history of exercise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExercise 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 \u003ci\u003eSweat\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHippocrates, Plato, Galen, Susan B. Anthony, Jack LaLanne, and Jane Fonda, among many others, make appearances in \u003ci\u003eSweat\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eDe arte gymnastica\u003c\/i\u003e. In the pages of \u003ci\u003eSweat\u003c\/i\u003e, Mercuriale and his illustrated treatise are vividly brought back to life\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003easHayes 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40643574104161,"sku":"9781526662569","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27549760.jpg?v=1721959602","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526662569-sweat","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}