{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHow We Live Now, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInsomniac City, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomist\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. Hayes is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction and is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. A collection of his street photography, \u003ci\u003eHow New York Breaks Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, was published recently by Bloomsbury. Hayes has completed the screenplay for a film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eInsomniac City, \u003c\/i\u003e currently in the works from Brouhaha Entertainment, and he is also a co-editor of Oliver Sacks's posthumous books. He lives in New York. Visit his website at billhayes.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50864467149074,"sku":"9781620402306","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9790692a-52ab-4635-9e05-58b5d8e706a8.jpg?v=1744872946","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sweat-a-history-of-exercise-9781620402306","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}