Ice baths, rare steak and no masturbation: was Walt Whitman the first wellness influencer?

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Ice baths, rare steak and no masturbation: was Walt Whitman the first wellness influencer?

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Art • 4 months ago

The poet’s strident views, outlined in an 1858 article entitled Manly Health and Training, are remarkably similar to many popular gurus operating in the modern manosphere

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