| Description |
1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Ser |
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Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introducing (our) gym bodies and fitness cultures -- Introduction and aims -- James -- Ian -- Amy -- 'Going to the gym' -- Outline of chapters and boundaries -- Notes -- References -- 2 Conceptualising gym bodies -- Bringing the (gym) body back in -- Embodied sociological approaches -- Sensuous autoethnography -- Note -- References -- 3 A history of gyms and the evolvement of contemporary fitness -- A history of modern fitness |
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Contemporary gyms and constructing the 'fit' body -- Gyms as sites for corporeal self-transformation -- Notes -- References -- 4 Embodied methodological considerations -- Collecting embodied data on gym bodies -- Sample, data gathering and field relationships -- Analysis, judgement and representation -- Note -- References -- 5 Gym spaces -- Introduction -- 'Spit and sawdust' gyms -- Modern lifestyle clubs (MLCs) -- The front desk -- Changing rooms -- The gym floor -- CrossFit spaces -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- 6 Being personally trained -- Health knowledge and the fitness industry |
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Embodied approaches: filling in the gaps -- References -- 7 CrossFit -- Introduction -- CrossFit's fitness -- Forging elite fitness: CrossFit as a training methodology and a sport -- Academic analyses -- Amazing 'Grace' -- Chasing Elysium: sensorial analysis of a WOD -- Competitive blood flows through my veins again -- Becoming immersed -- Welcome to the house of pain (and pleasure) -- Pushing to the edge of intensity -- Carnal metamorphoses and reinvention -- Reflections -- Future directions -- Notes -- References -- 8 Spinning -- Introduction -- Spinning experiences |
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Bodily displays and body capital -- Spaces for the generation of fitness knowledge -- Emotional bodies -- Pleasurable Spinning -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- 9 Reflections -- Conceptualising and researching gym bodies -- Distinction and authenticity of embodied fitness knowledge -- The gym VIP list -- Embodied gym experience as transcendence -- Applications -- Limitations and future directions -- Personal reflections on own gym journeys -- James -- Ian -- Amy -- References -- Appendix 1: Judgement criteria employed -- Appendix 2: WOD acronyms in CrossFit -- Appendix 3: The original 'girls' |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Index |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wellard, Ian
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Clark, Amy
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| ISBN |
9781317214106 |
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1317214102 |
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