Training The Body For China

Competing in the 1986 National College Games of the People's Republic of China, Susan Brownell earned both a gold medal in the heptathlon and fame throughout China as "the American girl who won glory for Beijing University." Now an anthropologist, Brownell draws on her direct experience of Chinese athletics in this fascinating look at the culture of sports and the body in China. Training the Body for China is the first book on Chinese sports based on extended fieldwork by a Westerner. Brownell introduces the notion of "body culture" to analyze Olympic sports as one element in a whole set of Chinese body practices: the "old people's disco dancing" craze, the new popularity of bodybuilding (following reluctant official acceptance of the bikini), mass calisthenics, martial arts, military discipline, and more. Translating official and dissident materials into English for the first time and drawing on performance theory and histories of the body, Brownell uses the culture of the body as a focal point to explore the tensions between local and global organizations, the traditional and the modern, men and women. Her intimate knowledge of Chinese social and cultural life and her wide range of historic examples make Training the Body for China a unique illustration of how gender, the body, and the nation are interlinked in Chinese culture.

The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives The science is clear. The results are unmistakable. You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet. More than 30 years ago, nutrition researcher T. Colin Campbell and his team at Cornell, in partnership with teams in China and England, embarked upon the China Study, the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease. What they found when combined with findings in Colin's laboratory, opened their eyes to the dangers of a diet high in animal protein and the unparalleled health benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet. In 2005, Colin and his son Tom, now a physician, shared those findings with the world in The China Study, hailed as one of the most important books about diet and health ever written. Featuring brand new content, this heavily expanded edition of Colin and Tom's groundbreaking book includes the latest undeniable evidence of the power of a plant-based diet, plus updated information about the changing medical system and how patients stand to benefit from a surging interest in plant-based nutrition. The China Study—Revised and Expanded Edition presents a clear and concise message of hope as it dispels a multitude of health myths and misinformation. The basic message is clear. The key to a long, healthy life lies in three things: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Abstract: An illustrated text developed by Chinese experts provides Chinese exercises and recipes for the general public to improve and maintain personal health and fitness throughout life. The text is arranged into 6 principal sections: 32 health-care exercises for the bed or the floor; 18 therapeutic exercises for strengthening the body and its organs, or for preventing or curing internal functional disorders; 20 exercises for treating diseases and prolonging life that have been practiced by hundreds of thousands of people; the new version of "Qigong" therapy for relaxation, respiration and breath control, and medication, simplified "Taijiquan" exercises to improve a person's energy and reduce risks to and effects of certain diseases (e.g., neurasthenia, ulcers, heart disease, tuberculosis); and 30 tested recipes, representing tasty, nutritious dishes and medicinal tonics using various herbs for medical treatment and health care. (wz).

Learn how to reach the highest level of physical fitness you can achieve, in just five minutes a day with Simple Fitness Exercises by Jiawen Miao. Simple Fitness Exercises is a set of movements easier to learn than Tai Chi and Qigong, and just as effective for improving your health as aerobics and yoga. The author, Jiawen Miao, has practiced Kung Fu, Qigong, and Chinese fitness exercises since he was a teenager. He studied at the famous Ermei School of Martial Arts in China for four years and has taught Tai Chi Chuan and fitness exercises throughout the United States. In Simple Fitness Exercises he presents techniques where you don't need a teacher, great physical strength, or even much flexibility. All of the exercise combinations emphasize the importance of circulating chi, the life-force linked to the breath that plays a vital role in Tai Chi and in East Asian martial arts. A series of photographs illustrates each set of exercises. The techniques consist of dynamic standing and even sitting poses that use slow transitional movements from one posture to another. ·Learn exercises that are easy to remember and simple to perform, yet carry significant health benefits ·Rehabilitate from injuries, rejuvenate the body, gain flexibility, and restore movement ·Activate the power of chi without extensive training or a high level of physical fitness ·Reach a state of harmony between the spiritual mind and physical body ·Energize, straighten your posture, stimulate the internal organs, strengthen muscles, and improve circulation Whether you're nine or ninety, these simple exercises are the perfect workout for your body and mind. Get Simple Fitness Exercises today.

Traditional Chinese Exercises offers detailed insights into practical ways of rebuilding one’s physique and keeping physically fit through well-matched illustrations. In addition to exploring such “regular exercises” as Qi-Gong and Taiji, it also investigates a number of traditionally practiced “minor exercises” that, without being too time-consuming, can easily be incorporated into one’s daily routine. Furthermore, the book also provides valuable insights into the Chinese philosophies of life and behavior that are embodied in these exercises.

Chinese Literature: Lydia H. Liu

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Culture, Technology, Nations, grade: 1,3, University of Passau (Professur für Amerikanistik / Cultural and Media Studies), language: English, abstract: This paper is focused on the cultural transfer of contemporary American fitness culture into the Chinese environment. In what respect does the current state of the contemporary Chinese fitness culture reflect this process? Furthermore, cultural implications will be analyzed as well as the question about the shape of the cultural transfer is going to be answered: What part of the transfer is “literally” adopted from the United States, what parts of the culture are reinterpreted, what is distinctly Chinese? To achieve this rather ambitious goal in this fairly limited scope, it is going to be explored what makes the fitness lifestyle as culture unambiguously American by looking at its historical roots and cultural features, before a snapshot of the adaption on Chinese soil including the determining cultural idiosyncrasies will be analyzed in depth. As the thesis is working with the framework of cultural transfer as well as it is exploring a concept of lifestyle, these two concepts will be initially defined to clarify what is going to be discussed subsequently.

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