{"product_id":"lift-fitness-culture-from-naked-greeks-and-acrobats-to-jazzercise-and-ninja-warriors-paperback","title":"Lift: Fitness Culture, from Naked Greeks and Acrobats to Jazzercise and Ninja Warriors - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Kunitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the \"big-box gym\" and beyond, exploring the ways in which human exercise has changed over time--and what we can learn from our ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe humans have been conditioning our bodies for more than 2,500 years, yet it's only recently that treadmills and weight machines have become the gold standard of fitness. For all this new technology, are we really healthier, stronger, and more flexible than our ancestors?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere \u003cem\u003eBorn to Run\u003c\/em\u003e began with an aching foot, \u003cem\u003eLift\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a broken gym system--one founded on high-tech machinery and isolation techniques that aren't necessarily as productive as we think. Looking to the past for context, Daniel Kunitz crafts an insightful cultural history of the human drive for exercise, concluding that we need to get back to basics to be truly healthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLift\u003c\/em\u003e takes us on an enlightening tour through time, beginning with the ancient Greeks, who made a cult of the human body--the word \u003cem\u003egymnasium\u003c\/em\u003e derives from the Greek word for \"naked\"--and following Roman legions, medieval knights, Persian pahlevans, and eighteenth-century German gymnasts. Kunitz discovers the seeds of the modern gym in nineteenth-century Paris, where weight lifting machines were first employed, and takes us all the way up to the game-changer: the feminist movement of the 1960s, which popularized aerobics and calisthenics classes. This ignited the first true global fitness revolution, and Kunitz explores how it brought us to where we are today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce a fast-food inhaler and substance abuser, Kunitz reveals his own decade-long journey to becoming ultra-fit using ancient principals of strengthening and conditioning. With \u003cem\u003eLift\u003c\/em\u003e, he argues that, as a culture, we are finally returning to this natural ideal--and that it's to our great benefit to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this riveting cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the \"big-box gym\" and beyond, Daniel Kunitz explores the ways in which exercise and physical ideals have changed through the centuries, and what we can learn from our athletic past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Lift\u003c\/em\u003e, Kunitz takes us on an enlightening tour through time, from the ancient Greeks, Asian martial artists, and Persian \u003cem\u003epahlavans\u003c\/em\u003e to nineteenth-century German gymnasts and the bronzed bodies of California's Muscle Beach. He uncovers the roots of the modern gym in the late nineteenth century, following them to the ultimate game-changer: the feminist movement, which kicked off the exercise boom of the 1970s and helped create the big-box gyms we know today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting on his own decade-long quest to transform from a fast-food junkie into an ultra-fit--if aging--athlete, Kunitz argues that another exercise revolution is under way now--a new frontier in fitness, in which the ideal of a bikini body is giving way to a focus on mastering the movements of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intelligent, skillfully narrated book, \u003cem\u003e Lift\u003c\/em\u003e is an insightful look into the history of what it means to be fit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53300921532723,"sku":"9780062336194","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/HQb5mbWILs9780062336194.webp?v=1777501013","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/lift-fitness-culture-from-naked-greeks-and-acrobats-to-jazzercise-and-ninja-warriors-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}