Rave: Let's Get Physical Book
I'm just about finished with a book that was mentioned here a couple of weeks ago in one of the threads. It's called "Let's Get Physical" by Danielle Friedman. It's not an exercise book, but it's a history of popular women's exercise in the US, and how women's exercise has changed along with attitudes about women. It has information about Jane Fonda, Tamilee Webb, Buns of Steel, and so on and puts a lot of the video classics in sort of a historical perspective. There's a good chapter about yoga too. It's very easy to read. I highly recommend it.
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It’s interesting to see how perspectives on women’s fitness have changed on film. My husband and I were watching an old show and it showed that machine we call the booty buffer that looks like an old public bathroom hand towel flipped and enlarged to encompass a derrière. :D My husband laughed on how people thought the booty buffer would make them fit. I bet this book would be fun to read! Thanks for posting the title!
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Thanks. Just found it on Amazon and ordered a hard copy. I'll have it tomorrow.
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Thank you! I'm adding this to my list.
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Is this book full of illustrations, etc? The reason that I ask is that I'm not sure if I should get it on my Kindle or as a hard copy. Thank you!
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The author was interviewed for the NPR podcast On Point in April 2022:
The complicated history of women's fitness (audio available, with text excerpts) Sometime I want to listen to more of the podcast, but what I read already makes me even more interested in reading the book sometime. I'd quote entire paragraphs if I were less cautious about how much I quote. :p I'll just quote a few sentences: Quote:
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I remember in the early 80's seeing an article in a women's magazine about a women who lifted light weights at a gym. She said she was the only woman who worked out there. My how things have changed (for the better).
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