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Sweat

By Bill Hayes

A History of Exercise. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.

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A brief summary of Sweat

A dynamic text about the power of movement to change cultures as well as bodies, driven by Bill Hayes’s search for the forgotten origin and evolution of exercise.

Key insights in Sweat

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What do you get from this book? The untold saga of exercise— its surprising origins, progression, and effect on culture
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Exercise is an ancient tradition, not a modern-day invention, and Bill Hayes was determined to find how it evolved
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Mercuriale was an outlier who wanted to prove that exercise was the key to healthful living
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While male athletes were prized for their sweat, women were prohibited from even working out
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Ancient conditioning programs were intended to help men train for war, but Mercuriale’s views evolved to include health and wellness
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The Council of Trent outlawed fencing and cadaver dissection, forcing Mercuriale to choose his words carefully when writing his text
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Running and swimming were two of Mercuriale’s favorite activities because anyone could do them
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According to Mercuriale, not everyone should exercise, though his ideas evolved as his experiences grew
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Seventeenth-century scientific revelations propelled a worldwide shift in the way people viewed health and wellness
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Exercise drove America’s suffragette movement and pushed doctors to rethink heart health
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Television and magazines transformed how people viewed aerobics, bodybuilding, and meditation
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While new laws opened doors for women, the AIDS epidemic almost shut them for men
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Covid forced gyms to close, but Hayes found renewed purpose in adapting his routine and planning a future trip
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Who should read Sweat

Professional and amateur athletes • fitness instructors • athletic coaches • historians • gym members • anyone interested in the details about multiple forms of exercise

About the author of Sweat

Bill Hayes is an American photographer, journalist, and author with a passion for fitness. He is the 2013 recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and his 2022 text, Sweat, was named Esquire’s best nonfiction book of the year. Hayes’s photographs have appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker.

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