Books by Charles Stocking
“When Stocking teaches courses on ancient Greek athletics, he’ll often begin by saying to the class: The one thing we all have in common with Ancient Greeks is that we all have bodies—but the question is, are they the same bodies? What Stocking teaches his students, and what readers can learn through this sourcebook, is that people’s experience of our own bodies and their powers has been constructed and radically changed over time. For instance, the warriors in Homer’s Iliad experienced their power not as being centered in their muscles, but in the joints of their knees. The knees had a sanctity in Ancient Greek literature that we have completely lost track of.” Read more...
Michael Joseph Gross, Journalist
Interviews where books by Charles Stocking were recommended
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Ancient Greek Athletics: Primary Sources in Translation
by Charles Stocking & Susan Stephens -
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Man on His Nature
by Charles Sherrington -
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Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder
by Arnold Schwarzenegger & Douglas Kent Hall -
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Kettlebell Simple & Sinister
by Pavel Tsatsouline -
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Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well
by Gabrielle Lyon
The Best Strength Books, recommended by Michael Joseph Gross
The Best Strength Books, recommended by Michael Joseph Gross
In Stronger, Michael Joseph Gross, a longtime contributing editor at Vanity Fair, investigates strength in all its dimensions. Over the decade he spent reporting it, Gross interviewed scientists, athletes, and ordinary people in pursuit of one question: what does it really mean to be strong? In this conversation, he reflects on that journey and introduces five books that illuminate strength and guide us on how to become stronger.
