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fr0gsonmushrooms's review against another edition
I wanted to keep reading but I have a lot on my plate and physical books to be read
I want to pick it up again some day tho
I want to pick it up again some day tho
ecs_etera's review
2.0
It was a promising concept, but the work itself was pretty clearly "author ran into the grant deadline without anything of real substance," so the work is mostly a memoir. Not a bad book, just not about what the title promises it will be about.
billie_budd's review
informative
fast-paced
3.75
I found this a really enjoyable read! It’s certainly not a definitive history of exercise nor even what I’d call a popular history—it’s not a book for study, I think. It’s much more personal and I would say conversational—like you meet up with an acquaintance for drinks and he tells you about a book he’s been working on and some of the main points and his personal connections to it and the process of writing it, that’s very much what this book feels like.
mikecross's review
2.0
This book it NOT a history of exercise. Rather, it's a story of an author writing a book on the history of exercise. Well over half the book is stories about the author researching exercise's history (not actual history) or the author's reflections and memories of exercise in his own life. The history portions are so brief and selective, that you do not even get a good, comprehensive overview of the history of exercise. The author seems to be a good writer, I just wish he had written a history book. Not recommended.
apatrick's review
4.0
Pretty good. The author notes up front that he's written more of a personal exploration than a comprehensive history, so if that's what you're looking for, go somewhere else. I read this concurrently with Butts: A Backstory, by Heather Radke, and it was a good complement.
oisincleere's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0