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On muscle : the stuff that moves us and why it matters
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Tsui, Bonnie, author. 1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjDJ9CYjBB3x6PfXkqG4dP
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Abstract:
"Cardiac, smooth, skeletal--these three different types of muscles in our bodies make our hearts beat; push food through our intestines, blood through our vessels, babies out the uterus; attach to our bones and allow for motion. Tsui also traces how muscles have defined beauty--and how they have distorted it--through the ages, and how they play an essential role in our physical and mental health."-- From publisher's description.
Contents:
Introduction -- Strength. What's power, in a body? -- Muscle as potential -- A heavy lift -- The making of a hero, then and now -- Form. The ideal body -- Who's afraid of a lady Hercules? -- Shoulders, squared -- Action. Your muscles are talking -- Jumpology -- The movement is the message -- Flexibility. Muscles, fast and slow -- I comes from unity -- Rememberances of exercises past -- Endurance. What we carry -- Running to remember -- True grit -- Going the distance -- Kissing the ground in equilibrium -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.
Tema:
| Muscles. |
| Muscles -- Motility. |
| Human anatomy. |
| Human body. |
| Human body -- Social aspects. |
| Human body -- Symbolic aspects. |
| Muscles |
| Muscles -- Motilité. |
| Anatomie humaine. |
| Corps humain. |
| Corps humain -- Aspect social. |
| Corps humain -- Aspect symbolique. |
| SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology. |
| SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects. |
| BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports. |
| BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth. |
Summary:
"Cardiac, smooth, skeletal--these three different types of muscles in our bodies make our hearts beat; push food through our intestines, blood through our vessels, babies out the uterus; attach to our bones and allow for motion. Tsui also traces how muscles have defined beauty--and how they have distorted it--through the ages, and how they play an essential role in our physical and mental health."--
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