Daniel Kunitz has served as editor in chief of Modern Painters, as well as an editor at the Paris Review and Details, and has been a contributor to Vanity Fair, Harper's Magazine, and New York. He is also an avid CrossFitter and weightlifter. He lives in New York City.
"A thoroughly researched and highly informative account... This
thoughtful, accessible, and remarkably insightful cultural history
of fitness will appeal to anyone who has set foot into a gym or
laced up running shoes while wondering, 'Why am I doing
this?'"--Booklist (starred review)
"An illuminating compendium... Writing in lucid anecdotal prose,
Kunitz is a master at creating a compelling
narrative."--Publishers Weekly
"Kunitz concludes that the most effective tools are already at hand
and successfully shows how classic methods of conditioning can
still be effective today... This book will be of interest to
cultural historians and fitness enthusiasts."--Library
Journal
"[An] insightful premise."--Washington Post
"A thorough history of the activity and business of
fitness."--New York Times Book Review
"An inspiring read for all shapes and sizes."--Marie
Claire, Health News Page, July 2016
"Kunitz artfully narrates the history of physical conditioning and
our ever-shifting understanding of what it means to be
fit."--Wall Street Journal
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