{"product_id":"sweat-a-history-of-exercise-9781620402306","title":"Sweat: A History of Exercise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eInsomniac City\u003c\/i\u003e author Bill Hayes, who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and make you glad he did (\u003ci\u003eSF Chronicle)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003ea cultural, scientific, literary, and personal history of exercise, now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExercise 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 \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, dissecting the dynamics of human movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. 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 \u003ci\u003eSweat. \u003c\/i\u003eHayes 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620402306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d","brand":"Bill Hayes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42520603721909,"sku":"9781620402306","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8bd80984-01a9-4e55-b360-e88522060e8f.jpg?v=1669130247","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sweat-a-history-of-exercise-9781620402306","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}