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Part One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All

Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

The Life Style of a Young Man

The story of Bernard, a young man who left the country side to work in an industrial city. He found that working indoors and huddled over a desk at all times was bad for his health. The y m c a movement became known as muscular christianity because it pushed back against unhealthy conditions caused by moving from pastoral farming lives to urban life. It's not just about standing on their jesuses or absuring themselves with saint louis; there are many other ways you can be healthy.

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