On muscle the stuff that moves us and why it matters
"In On Muscle, Bonnie Tsui brings her signature blend of science, culture, immersive reporting, and personal narrative to examine not just what muscles are but what they mean to us. Cardiac, smooth, skeletal -- these three different types of muscle in our bodies make our hearts beat; push food throu...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.
