When Fitness Went Global
When Fitness Went Global
The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century
by Conor Heffernan
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Building a Real Man
The Incredible Hulk, the Thing, He-Man, Superman—these cartoon heroes must fulfill some kind of longing. And as yearnings go, it’s an old one: the Hebrew tradition has Samson, the Greek Heracles, the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf, the Irish Cú Chulainn. Every culture has its dreams of superhuman strength…
Gavin Francis