Tag: Eric Chaline
Brilliant chronicle of the history of the gym from ancient Greece till today
Gary Heath, sport sociologist from Ashford University, has read The Temple Of Perfection: A History of the Gym (Reaktion Books) by London-based journalist and scholar Eric Chaline. You need to look no further, asserts our reviewer, for an excellent, concise and authoritative book on the history of the gym.



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