Yoga, karate, skiing … Alison Bechdel on her lifelong obsession with exercise
Yoga, karate, skiing … Alison Bechdel on her lifelong obsession with exercise Emma Brockes The first obsession, for Alison Bechdel, was with karate. In her early 20s and fresh out of college, the artist and writer turned up on a whim to an all-women’s karate class (this was the early 80s in New York), became swiftly addicted, and a year later, after training five nights a week, popped out the other end with a black belt. After that, in swift succession, came fanatical attachments to skiing, cycling, yoga, running, climbing, aerobics and weight training. “Due to space con...
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