Download or read book The Global Gym written by J. Andreasson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders, The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how physical, psychological and cultural knowledge about health and the body is incorporated into people's identity in a local and global gym and fitness context.