Beth's review
Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About Exercise and Health
by Gina Kolata
Beth's review
Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About Exercise and Health by Gina Kolata
Beth's review
rating:
A mixture of a history of ideas about fitness and exercise in the US, including the rise of the Fitness Industry, and descriptions of scientific studies on various fitness-related topics. I'm not an obsessive exerciser, but the book has a lot of interesting tidbits about fitness and exercise fads, myths, and truths. This book won't appeal to everyone, and the author's personal interest in Spinning, specifically, gets tiresome, but it's worth a look for anyone interested in learning more about health and fitness history and theory (this sort of complements other readings on diet and food history).
