#207 - Bill Hayes on SWEAT
Books on Pod with Trey Elling
English - January 20, 2022 13:10 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBooks Arts health fitness business lifestyle entrepreneur marketing entrepreneurship interview wellness nutrition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Acclaimed writer and photographer Bill Hayes chats with Trey Elling about SWEAT: A HISTORY OF EXERCISE. Questions include:
When did the word 'exercise' come to be? (2:03)
The ancient Greeks literally collected the sweat of their best athletes. How did they do so, and what did they use the perspiration for? (7:54)
Why was the book DE ARTE GYMNASTICA, originally written in the 1500s, the centerpiece of the story Bill told in SWEAT? (10:43)
Why did GYMNASTICA not consider sports to be exercise? (17:17)
What caused humans to evolve to sweat emotionally, as well as thermally? (20:58)
How did GYMNASTICA justify 'laughter' as exercise? (29:19)
What contribution did Harriet Beecher Stowe's sister make to exercise in the mid-1800s? (35:54)
When did yoga come to be, and at what point did it shed mysticism in focusing on the physical body as a way to reach enlightenment? (42:44)
Why are the 1970s so crucial for modern exercise? (49:00)
How did Jane Fonda end up providing praise for SWEAT that ended up on the back cover? (50:20)