Step Into the Slipstream of History and Get Jacked with Dr. Conor Heffernan

2026-01-14

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Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK, and Chair of the British Society of Sports History. His new book is When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the 19th Century. Conor has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and runs a history of fitness website @Physical Culture Study. Find him on Bluesky @PhysCstudy --- The Quest to Pick Up the Lost Lifting Stones of Ireland in GQ --- LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON ...

Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK, and Chair of the British Society of Sports History. His new book is When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the 19th Century. Conor has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and runs a history of fitness website @Physical Culture Study. Find him on Bluesky @PhysCstudy

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The Quest to Pick Up the Lost Lifting Stones of Ireland in GQ

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LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON TODAY!

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