Sweat av Mr. Bill Hayes

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<b>''I was riveted by<i> Sweat </i>and its extraordinary tale of the ups and downs of exercise over millennia'' Jane Fonda</b><b><i>¿</i>Does </b><b>what all good history books should do: take the past and make it vastly more human¿ <i>The Times</i></b><b>_________________________From the author of <i>Insomniac City</i> ''who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and make you glad he did'' (<i>San Francisco Chronicle)</i>: a cultural, scientific, literary, and personal history of exercise</b>Exercise 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 <i>Sweat</i>, 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 dissec