Working Out by Charles Hix
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Release year: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224 pages
Size: 11.2 x 8.6 x 0.7 in (28.5 x 22 x 1.8 cm)
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
Condition: Good(vintage), light wear, slightly tanned around the pages. There are a few tears on the dust jacket cover, as shown in the product photos. The dust jacket cover is protected with an Archival Polyester Sleeve(Mylar)
Published in 1983, Working Out by Charles Hix, with photographs by Ken Haak, was originally released as The Total Shape-Up Guide for Men. Hix, once a grooming columnist for GQ and Playboy, presented a fitness and lifestyle manual that promised advice on exercise, nutrition, and achieving the ideal physique.
What made the book memorable, however, wasn't the workout routines.
Haak's striking black-and-white photographs transformed an ordinary fitness guide into something far more evocative. Drawing on the visual language of classic physique magazines, his images celebrate the male body with a quiet sensuality that resonated with many gay readers at a time when queer representation was still limited in mainstream publishing.
Over the years, Working Out became a cult favorite, remembered not only with nostalgia but also for its lasting influence on artists and photographers. New York-based artist Aaron Krach even created an artist book inspired by Working Out, a testament to its enduring place in queer visual culture.
Today, it remains one of the most distinctive examples of 1980s male beauty culture—part fitness manual, part visual time capsule, and a book that continues to inspire new generations of artists and collectors.
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